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hepatectomy

American

[hep-uh-tek-tuh-mee] / ˌhɛp əˈtɛk tə mi /

noun

excision of part of the liver.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

hepatectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of hepatectomy

First recorded in 1895–1900; hepat- + -ectomy

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