pancreatectomy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pancreatectomy
Example Sentences
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In another are the pioneers of various procedures, handcrafted by surgeons and experimental physicians and often named for their inventors: the Halsted mastectomy, Mohs surgery, the Whipple pancreatectomy.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019
On Nov. 18, 2013, I was hospitalized for five days for an open distal pancreatectomy.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2019
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