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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. surgical removal of the vermiform appendix;
[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