CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain)

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cholecystectomy" is a kind of...):

ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cholecystectomy"):

lap choly; laparoscopic cholecystectomy (removal of the gall bladder through small punctures in the abdomen to permit the insertion of a laparoscope and surgical instruments)

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