Word.ws English Dictionary

Frey's procedure

Frey's procedure noun: a surgical technique, used in the treatment of chronic pancreatitis, in which the diseased portions of the pancreas head are cored out. A lateral pancreaticojejunostomy is then performed in which a loop of the jejunum is then mobilized and attached over the exposed pancreatic duct to allow better drainage.

Noun

Frey's procedure (plural Frey's procedures)

  1. A surgical technique, used in the treatment of chronic pancreatitis, in which the diseased portions of the pancreas head are cored out. A lateral pancreaticojejunostomy is then performed in which a loop of the jejunum is then mobilized and attached over the exposed pancreatic duct to allow better drainage.

Forms of Frey's procedure

pluralFrey's procedures

Questions about Frey's procedure

What does Frey's procedure mean?
Frey's procedure means a surgical technique, used in the treatment of chronic pancreatitis, in which the diseased portions of the pancreas head are cored out. A lateral pancreaticojejunostomy is then performed in which a loop of the jejunum is then mobilized and attached over the exposed pancreatic duct to allow better drainage.
What part of speech is Frey's procedure?
Frey's procedure is a noun.
What is the plural of Frey's procedure?
The plural of Frey's procedure is Frey's procedures.

Words near Frey's procedure in the dictionary

  1. Frexit
  2. Frey
  3. Frey curve
  4. Frey curves
  5. Frey effect
  6. Frey's procedure
  7. Frey's procedures
  8. Frey's syndrome
  9. Frey-Baillarger syndrome
  10. Freya
  11. Freycinet

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Frey's procedure (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Frey's procedure.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/frey%27s_procedure. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.