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[syn: appendectomy, appendicectomy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
appendectomy
n 1: surgical removal of the vermiform appendix [syn:
appendectomy, appendicectomy]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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