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pancreatectomy

pancreatectomy noun: a surgical operation in which part or all of the pancreas is removed, usually to treat pancreatic diseases such as cancer, tumors, or severe inflammation.

pancreatectomy: a surgical operation in which part or all of the pancreas is removed, usually to treat pancreatic...
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Noun

pancreatectomy (plural pancreatectomies)

  1. A surgical operation in which part or all of the pancreas is removed, usually to treat pancreatic diseases such as cancer, tumors, or severe inflammation.
    • Pancreatectomy was a palliative measure at this stage of the cancer.2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 19

pancreatectomy meaning in Tamil

pancreatectomy in Tamil

கணையயெடுப்பு

Forms of pancreatectomy

pluralpancreatectomies

Origin of pancreatectomy

From pancreat- + -ectomy.

Words formed from pancreatectomy

Words that rhyme with pancreatectomy

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Questions about pancreatectomy

What does pancreatectomy mean?
Pancreatectomy means a surgical operation in which part or all of the pancreas is removed, usually to treat pancreatic diseases such as cancer, tumors, or severe inflammation.
What is pancreatectomy in Tamil?
Pancreatectomy in Tamil is கணையயெடுப்பு. See Pancreatectomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pancreatectomy?
Pancreatectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of pancreatectomy?
The plural of pancreatectomy is pancreatectomies.

Words near pancreatectomy in the dictionary

  1. pancreatectomised
  2. pancreatectomize
  3. pancreatectomized
  4. pancreatectomizes
  5. pancreatectomizing
  6. pancreatectomy
  7. pancreatic
  8. pancreatic arteries
  9. pancreatic artery
  10. pancreatic bud
  11. pancreatic buds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pancreatectomy (page history and authors); pancreatectomy (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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