Appendicectomy

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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]:

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