POLYPECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polypectomy mean? 

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

1. surgical removal of a polyp

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYPECTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of a polyp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("polypectomy" 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)

 Context examples 

Polypectomy is the treatment of choice.

(Endometrial Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

Atypical polypoid adenomyoma may recur following polypectomy.

(Adenomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Simple polypectomy is usually curative.

(Adenomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)