appendicectomy

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appendicectomy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Appendectomy \Ap`pen*dec"to*my\, Appendicectomy
  \Ap*pend`i*cec"to*my\, n.] [Appendix + Gr. ?, fr. ? excision.]
     (Surg.)
     Excision of the vermiform appendix.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Appendence

appendicectomy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  appendicectomy
      n 1: surgical removal of the vermiform appendix [syn:
           appendectomy, appendicectomy]