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append | appendage | appendaged | appendance | appendant | appendectomy | appendence | appendency | appendical | appendicate | appendication

appendectomy

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CIDE DICTIONARY

appendectomyn. [Appendix + Gr. , fr. excision.].
     Excision of the vermiform appendix.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

appendectomy, n. (also appendicectomy) (pl. -ies) the surgical removal of the appendix.

Etymology
APPENDIX + -ECTOMY

THESAURUS

appendectomy

adenoidectomy, arteriectomy, castration, cholecystectomy, craniectomy, cricoidectomy, cystectomy, enterectomy, gastrectomy, hemorrhoidectomy, hysterectomy, mammectomy, mastectomy, mastoidectomy, nephrectomy, omphalectomy, oophorectomy, oophorocystectomy, orchidectomy, ovariectomy, pancreatectomy, penectomy, pericardiectomy, phrenicectomy, pneumonectomy, prostatectomy, salpingectomy, stapedectomy, tonsillectomy, ureterectomy, urethrectomy, vasectomy, venectomy

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