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Definition of Colectomy
1. Noun. (context: surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all or part of the large intestine or colon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Colectomy
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Medical Definition of Colectomy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Colectomy
Literary usage of Colectomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"From his experience in these 12 cases he is of the opinion that a less radical
procedure must be employed, and inclines to the limitation of the colectomy ..."
2. The Cancer Problem by William Seaman Bainbridge (1914)
"colectomy, or the removal of a portion of the colon, may be done even in the
presence of apparent metastatic disease in glands which ..."
3. Transactions of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland by Academy of Medicine in Ireland (1894)
"colectomy FOR ADHESION OF CAECUM TO OLD OVARIAN PEDICLE AND TUBERCULAR APPENDIX.
BY ALFRED J. SMITH, MB; Professor of Midwifery, CUI ; Fellow, ..."
4. Manual of operative surgery by John Fairbairn Binnie (1921)
"If it is justifiable to preserve the caecum wien a colectomy is indicated ...
Mobilize the colon and divide its mesenteries as in total colectomy but do not ..."
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