Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Excision of the pylorus, as for cancer.
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Examples
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Magenresektion (Resection of the stomach) he described a new procedure: pylorectomy with subsequent gastroduodenostomy.
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Gastroenterostomy and pylorectomy are operations devised for the relief of malignant disease of the pylorus, the diseased portions being removed and the parts resected.
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After pylorectomy, the line of suture was confined with iodoform-gauze packing.
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After pylorectomy, the line of suture was confined with iodoform-gauze packing.
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Gastroenterostomy and pylorectomy are operations devised for the relief of malignant disease of the pylorus, the diseased portions being removed and the parts resected.
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