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HEMORRHOIDECTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hemorrhoidectomy mean?
• HEMORRHOIDECTOMY (noun)
The noun HEMORRHOIDECTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them
Familiarity information: HEMORRHOIDECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
haemorrhoidectomy; hemorrhoidectomy
Hypernyms ("hemorrhoidectomy" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
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