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GASTRECTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gastrectomy mean?
• GASTRECTOMY (noun)
The noun GASTRECTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical removal of all or part of the stomach
Familiarity information: GASTRECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical removal of all or part of the stomach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gastrectomy" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
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