Pancreatectomy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The procedure to remove part or all of the pancreas.

    "Pancreatectomy was a palliative measure at this stage of the cancer."

  2. 2
    surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas wordnet

Synonyms

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appendectomyhysterectomymastectomytonsillectomyvasectomy

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"Pancreatectomy was a palliative measure at this stage of the cancer."

Etymology

From pancreat- + -ectomy.

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