Appendectomy Definition

ăpən-dĕktə-mē
appendectomies
noun
appendectomies
The surgical removal of the vermiform appendix.
Webster's New World
Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix.
American Heritage Medicine
(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
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Noun

Singular:
appendectomy
Plural:
appendectomies

Origin of Appendectomy

  • From appendix +‎ -ectomy

    From Wiktionary

  • append(ix) –ectomy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Appendectomy Sentence Examples

  • We have someone who has just had to have an emergency appendectomy.

  • There is a difference between performing an appendectomy and having your appendix out.

  • Four years later, he was not considered a medal contender, having undergone an appendectomy just 40 days before the race in Tokyo.

  • The discussion ends with a quote " Laparoscopic appendectomy is an excellent operation, but we don't need it.

  • One of my graduate students, a nurse, was examining a patient who had come in for a routine appendectomy.

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