APPENDECTOMY


Meaning of APPENDECTOMY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌa-pən-ˈdek-tə-mē, ˌa-ˌpen- ]

noun

( plural -mies )

Etymology: Latin appendic-, appendix + English -ectomy

Date: circa 1895

: surgical removal of the vermiform appendix

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.