Ileocecectomy

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Noun
  1. 1
    Removal of the ileum and part of the colon

    "Following laparoscopic ileocecectomy, pathology demonstrated haemorrhage, inflammation, oedema and full thickness necrosis of the caecal wall."

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"Following laparoscopic ileocecectomy, pathology demonstrated haemorrhage, inflammation, oedema and full thickness necrosis of the caecal wall."

Etymology

From ileo- + cecectomy.

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