pancreatectomy
noun
pan·cre·a·tec·to·my
| \ ˌpaŋ-krē-ə-ˈtek-tə-mē
, ˌpan-\
, ˌpan-\
plural pancreatectomies
Definition of pancreatectomy
: surgical removal of all or part of the pancreas
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Other Words from pancreatectomy
pancreatectomized
\ ˌpaŋ-krē-ə-ˈtek-tə-ˌmīzd
, ˌpan- \
adjective
, ˌpan- \
adjective
Examples of pancreatectomy in a Sentence
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But there is another procedure called the distal pancreatectomy when the tumor is in the tail of pancreas. — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, "Aretha Franklin's Detroit-based doctor talks about the cancer that took her life," 16 Aug. 2019 In another are the pioneers of various procedures, handcrafted by surgeons and experimental physicians and often named for their inventors: the Halsted mastectomy, Mohs surgery, the Whipple pancreatectomy. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, "The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies," 15 July 2019 The approach is called laparoscopic total pancreatectomy with islet cell autotransplantation. — Carrie Wells, baltimoresun.com, "Hopkins surgeons develop minimally invasive surgery for chronic pancreatitis," 16 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pancreatectomy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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