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lipectomy

American

[li-pek-tuh-mee, lahy-] / lɪˈpɛk tə mi, laɪ- /

noun

Surgery.

the surgical removal of fatty tissue.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

lipectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of lipectomy

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