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lienectomy

American

[lahy-uh-nek-tuh-mee] / ˌlaɪ əˈnɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

splenectomy.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

lienectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of lienectomy

lien ² + -ectomy

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