CHOLECYSTECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cholecystectomy mean? 

• CHOLECYSTECTOMY (noun)
  The noun CHOLECYSTECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain)

  Familiarity information: CHOLECYSTECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOLECYSTECTOMY (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)

 Context examples 

For a cholecystectomy, the methodCode could = "open", "laproscopic".

(Defined Procedure Method Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

EXAMPLE(S): A patient might have had a cholecystectomy procedure in the past, but isn't sure what the outcome was.

(Performed Observation Result Uncertainty Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

EXAMPLE(S): Finger stick, veni puncture, Abdominal/ascites effusion, Biopsy, Bronchial alveolar lavage (BAL) (for specimen collection), laparoscopic (for cholecystectomy)

(Performed Procedure Method Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)