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hepatectomy

hepatectomy noun: the surgical removal of all or part of the liver.

Noun

hepatectomy (countable and uncountable, plural hepatectomies)

  1. The surgical removal of all or part of the liver.

hepatectomy meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

hepatectomy in Tamil

ஈரல் எடுப்பு, ஈரல் பகுதி நீக்கம்

hepatectomy in Indonesian

surgical removal of the liver
hepatektomi

Forms of hepatectomy

pluralhepatectomies

Origin of hepatectomy

From hepat- + -ectomy.

Words formed from hepatectomy

Words that rhyme with hepatectomy

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Questions about hepatectomy

What does hepatectomy mean?
Hepatectomy means the surgical removal of all or part of the liver.
What is hepatectomy in Tamil?
Hepatectomy in Tamil is ஈரல் எடுப்பு, ஈரல் பகுதி நீக்கம். See Hepatectomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hepatectomy?
Hepatectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of hepatectomy?
The plural of hepatectomy is hepatectomies.

Words near hepatectomy in the dictionary

  1. hepatectomised
  2. hepatectomize
  3. hepatectomized
  4. hepatectomizes
  5. hepatectomizing
  6. hepatectomy
  7. hepatic
  8. hepatic air
  9. hepatic cancer
  10. hepatic capsulitis
  11. hepatic cinnabar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hepatectomy (page history and authors); hepatectomy (Tamil Wiktionary) (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.

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