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PANCREATECTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pancreatectomy mean?
• PANCREATECTOMY (noun)
The noun PANCREATECTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas
Familiarity information: PANCREATECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("pancreatectomy" is a kind of...):
ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
Context examples
In a total pancreatectomy, part of the stomach, part of the small intestine, the common bile duct, gallbladder, spleen, and nearby lymph nodes also are removed.
(Pancreatectomy, NCI Dictionary)
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