- pancreectomy
- SYN: pancreatectomy.
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pan·cre·ec·to·my (pan″kre-ekґtə-me) pancreatectomy.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
pancreectomy
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Pancreatectomy — A procedure in which a surgeon takes out part or all of the pancreas (an organ behind the lower part of the stomach that is about the size of a hand). The pancreatectomy may be done, for example, because there is a tumor in the pancreas. * * *… … Medical dictionary
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