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peritonectomy

peritonectomy noun: removal of a cancerous part of the peritoneum.

Noun

peritonectomy (plural peritonectomies)

  1. Removal of a cancerous part of the peritoneum.
    • Given that suitability of patients for peritonectomy was discussed during weekly meetings and only selected patients were offered this combined therapy, there was selection bias in this study.2015 June 26, Yeqian Huang et al., “Effects of sex hormones on survival of peritoneal mesothelioma”, in World Journal of Surgical Oncology, volume 13, →DOI

Forms of peritonectomy

pluralperitonectomies

Questions about peritonectomy

What does peritonectomy mean?
Peritonectomy means removal of a cancerous part of the peritoneum.
What part of speech is peritonectomy?
Peritonectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of peritonectomy?
The plural of peritonectomy is peritonectomies.

Words near peritonectomy in the dictionary

  1. peritonealized
  2. peritonealizes
  3. peritonealizing
  4. peritoneally
  5. peritonectomies
  6. peritonectomy
  7. peritoneo-
  8. peritoneocentesis
  9. peritoneography
  10. peritoneojugular
  11. peritoneopericardial

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