noun

appendectomy

noun

A surgical operation to remove the appendix.

"He was rushed to hospital for an emergency appendectomy."

"Recovery from a routine appendectomy usually takes a couple of weeks."

How to Use Appendectomy

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe operation doctors perform to take out an inflamed or burst appendix.

Common pairings

emergency appendectomy undergo an appendectomy

appendectomies plural

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He was rushed to hospital for an emergency _____.

From appendix + the surgical suffix -ectomy, from Greek ektomē, "a cutting out."

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