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enterectomy

American

[en-tuh-rek-tuh-mee] / ˌɛn təˈrɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

excision of part of the intestine.

enterectomy British

/ ˌɛntəˈrɛktəmɪ /

noun

surgical excision of part of the intestine

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

enterectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of enterectomy

First recorded in 1875–80; enter- + -ectomy

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