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SIGMOIDECTOMY

Dictionary entry overview: What does sigmoidectomy mean?

• SIGMOIDECTOMY (noun)
The noun SIGMOIDECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of part or all of the sigmoid colon (usually to remove a malignant tumor)

Familiarity information: SIGMOIDECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SIGMOIDECTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Surgical removal of part or all of the sigmoid colon (usually to remove a malignant tumor)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sigmoidectomy" is a kind of...):

ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)

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