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appendicectomy or esp US, Canad & Australia appendectomy

Noun

pl -mies surgical removal of the appendix [appendix + Greek tomē a cutting]

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appendicectomy - surgical removal of the vermiform appendix

ablation, cutting out, extirpation, excision - surgical removal of a body part or tissue

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ablation
appendectomy
cutting out

Excision
extirpation

In May 2001 the patient underwent bilateral subphrenic peritonectomy, partial pancreasectomy, splenectomy, appendicectomy, and cytoreductive debulking of neoplastic nodules larger than 3 mm.

Asbestos-induced peritoneal mesothelioma in a construction worker by Candura, Stefano M. / Environmental Health Perspectives

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