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pancreatectomy

American  
[pan-kree-uh-tek-tuh-mee, pang-] / ˌpæn kri əˈtɛk tə mi, ˌpæŋ- /

noun

Surgery.

plural

pancreatectomies

  1. excision of part or all of the pancreas.

Etymology

Origin of pancreatectomy

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

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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