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appendectomy
CIDE DICTIONARY
appendectomy, n. [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
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