PHLEBECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phlebectomy mean? 

• PHLEBECTOMY (noun)
  The noun PHLEBECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal or all or part of a vein; sometimes done in cases of severe varicose veins

  Familiarity information: PHLEBECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHLEBECTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal or all or part of a vein; sometimes done in cases of severe varicose veins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("phlebectomy" 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)