Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical removal of the gallbladder.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, anincision into the gall-bladder.
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- noun surgery The surgical procedure to remove the
gall bladder .
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- noun surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain)
Etymologies
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Examples
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And last week, Kamran Goudarzi, a general surgeon in Wilmington, performed the area's first SILS cholecystectomy, which is removing the gall bladder through a single incision in the patient's belly button.
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N.der N. Massarweh, and colleagues at University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, examined complication and death rates of 101,318 adults age 65 or older who underwent common abdominal procedures such as cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal), hysterectomy and colectomy from 1987 to 2004.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010
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Seattle, examined complication and death rates of 101,318 adults age 65 or older who underwent common abdominal procedures such as cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal), hysterectomy and colectomy from 1987 to 2004.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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This was certainly true for Halstead, who is the subject of numerous legendary tales involving exceptionally risky treatments; he transfused his own blood into his sister to save her life and performed the first American cholecystectomy gall bladder removal on his mother on the kitchen table.
Jason Eric Schiffman, M.D., M.A., M.B.A.: The Successful Drug Addict Jason Eric Schiffman 2011
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This was certainly true for Halstead, who is the subject of numerous legendary tales involving exceptionally risky treatments; he transfused his own blood into his sister to save her life and performed the first American cholecystectomy gall bladder removal on his mother on the kitchen table.
Jason Eric Schiffman, M.D., M.A., M.B.A.: The Successful Drug Addict Jason Eric Schiffman 2011
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After a cholecystectomy, your bile just goes from your liver to your bowel without the pitstop.
Science Question from a Toddler: Why is poop brown? Boing Boing 2009
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Of the remaining patients, 38% returned to the hospital for gallstone-related problems during the following two years, compared to just 4% of the initial cholecystectomy patients.
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The delayed-cholecystectomy patients were also 56% more likely to die during those two years.
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Dr. Ralph: Skeeter passed away in about 1986, I believe, from complications of a cholecystectomy.
Bad Shells 2008
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Though cholecystectomy removal of the gallbladder is the recommended treatment, only 75% of patients got the surgery during their first hospitalization.
rewart commented on the word cholecystectomy
The Century Dictionary definition for cholecystectomy "an incision into the gall-bladder." is incorrect. This definition refers to cholecystotomy. -ectomy refers to removal of, -otomy to inscision into.
December 19, 2009