gastrectomy

American  

[ga-strek-tuh-mee] / gæˈstrɛk tə mi /

noun

gastrectomies plural

1. partial or total excision of the stomach.

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gastrectomy British  

/ ɡæsˈtrɛktəmɪ /

noun

1. surgical removal of all or part of the stomach

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• gastrectomies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of gastrectomy

First recorded in 1885–90; gastr- + -ectomy

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

gastrectomy gastrectomies

"A sleeve gastrectomy is where a large part of the stomach is removed so it's much smaller than it was before," the NHS website says.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023

It’s not clear from the autopsy report which type of surgery Presley had, though experts said it was not a sleeve gastrectomy, which is the most common procedure.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

But in several other New York City-area ZIP codes the price charged for the gastrectomy procedure hovers around $20,000, according to the databank.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2023

The complaint states that the child will develop cancer without a preventive gastrectomy, or stomach removal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

The most commonly performed procedure is called a sleeve gastrectomy.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021

Also, a majority of the stomach that secretes ghrelin, the hunger hormone, is removed in sleeve gastrectomies.

From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

It is clear that obesity, and the stigma associated with it, can’t be solved by hundreds of millions of gastric bypasses and sleeve gastrectomies.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 19, 2016

Though Dr. Wangensteen pioneered in gastrectomies, did hundreds in 35 years, he was never fully satisfied with the results.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a year, Wangensteen and his assistants have done no gastrectomies on patients with severe but uncomplicated duodenal ulcers.

From Time Magazine Archive