pancreatectomy

[pan-kree-uh-tek-tuh-mee, pang-]

noun

Surgery.

plural

pancreatectomies 

1. excision of part or all of the pancreas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pancreatectomy¹

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

Example Sentences

On Nov. 18, 2013, I was hospitalized for five days for an open distal pancreatectomy.

From Washington Post