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oesophagectomy

oesophagectomy is the alternative form of esophagectomy.

Meaning of esophagectomy

Noun

esophagectomy (plural esophagectomies)

  1. The surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the esophagus.

Forms of oesophagectomy

pluraloesophagectomies

Origin of oesophagectomy

From oesophag- + -ectomy.

Words that rhyme with oesophagectomy

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Questions about oesophagectomy

What is oesophagectomy the alternative form of?
Oesophagectomy is the alternative form of esophagectomy.

Words near oesophagectomy in the dictionary

  1. oesophagal
  2. oesophagalgia
  3. oesophageal
  4. oesophagean
  5. oesophagectomies
  6. oesophagectomy
  7. oesophagi
  8. oesophagic
  9. oesophagical
  10. oesophagismus
  11. oesophagitis

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