Cystectomy Definition

sĭ-stĕktə-mē
cystectomies
noun
The surgical removal of a cyst.
Webster's New World
Surgical removal of the gallbladder.
American Heritage Medicine
The surgical removal of the gallbladder or of part of the urinary bladder.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cystectomy

Noun

Singular:
cystectomy
Plural:
cystectomies

Origin of Cystectomy

  • The word is derived from cyst (bladder), and suffix -ectomy (surgical removal).

    From Wiktionary

Cystectomy Sentence Examples

  • I have heard of a lady whose brother is going to have a cystectomy (his bladder only holds about 100 ml ).

  • Patients who had incomplete responses were advised to undergo an immediate radical cystectomy.

  • As the pain did not settle she underwent laparoscopy and a left ovarian cystectomy.

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