Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shortened form of
appendicectomy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) Excision of the vermiform appendix.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery The surgical procedure for the removal of the
vermiform appendix .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Kansas City runs the ball as well as anybody and Matt Cassel quietly has had a very good year - until his recent appendectomy, that is.
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Well he flew her ... 2 nurses and one doctor in a snow storm to a hospital that could handle an "appendectomy".
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Diabetic patients requiring major operations, such as appendectomy, cholecystectomy, and tonsillectomy, or removal of teeth, are first rendered sugar - and acetone-free, unless the severity of symptoms demand immediate attention.
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It is estimated that, worldwide, more than 230 million major encompass a wide spectrum of complexity and indications, from emergency interventions (such as appendectomy), to lifesaving or life-extending operations (such as liver transplantation), to elective surgical interventions (such as total joint replacement), to cosmetic surgery procedures (such as breast augmentation).
JAMA current issue 2009
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It is estimated that, worldwide, more than 230 million major encompass a wide spectrum of complexity and indications, from emergency interventions (such as appendectomy), to lifesaving or life-extending operations (such as liver transplantation), to elective surgical interventions (such as total joint replacement), to cosmetic surgery procedures (such as breast augmentation).
JAMA current issue 2009
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Some women later said they were told they were having a different procedure, such as an appendectomy.
State Mulls Amends for Sterilizations Valerie Bauerlein 2011
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But Murkowski had to cut short her visit to the House chamber when she got word, just before the president's speech, that the younger of her two sons -- Matt Martell, 17, a senior at Gonzaga -- was headed into the hospital for an emergency appendectomy.
Update: Senator Murkowski's son recovering after emergency appendectomy The Reliable Source 2011
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Murkowski wrote in a Tweet, Watching #SOTU from hospital waiting room -- our youngest son is undergoing surprise appendectomy surgery.
Lisa Murkowski Family Emergency Cuts Her State Of The Union Short Elyse Siegel 2011
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However, because of the business I have been invited on many hunts (one I missed because of an emergency appendectomy) that I would never otherwise get to do.
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Your appendectomy analogy is terribly poor, because the cost of removing a healthy appendix is small compared to the cost of leaving an unhealthy one in (which potentially includes death of the patient).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Sixth Now the “Most Reversed” Circuit? 2010
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