Search Result for "appendicectomy": 
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):

appendicectomy
    n 1: surgical removal of the vermiform appendix [syn:
         appendectomy, appendicectomy]