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CHOLECYSTECTOMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain)
Classified under:
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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