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pancreatectomy

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

noun, plural pan·cre·a·tec·to·mies. Surgery.

excision of part or all of the pancreas.

Origin of pancreatectomy

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

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pancreatectomy in Medicine

pancreatectomy

[păng′krē-ə-tĕk′tə-mē]

n.

Excision of the pancreas.

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