Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

Showing results for cardiectomy. Search instead for cervicectomy.

cardiectomy

American

[kahr-dee-ek-tuh-mee] / ˌkɑr diˈɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

excision of the heart.
excision of the cardiac section of the stomach.

Etymology

Origin of cardiectomy

cardi- + -ectomy

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.