Appendectomy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appendectomy \Ap`pen*dec"to*my\, Appendicectomy
  \Ap*pend`i*cec"to*my\, n.] [Appendix + Gr. ?, fr. ? excision.]
     (Surg.)
     Excision of the vermiform appendix.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Appendence



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  appendectomy
       n : surgical removal of the vermiform appendix [syn: {appendicectomy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "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