English Explanatory Dictionary

hemicolectomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A colectomy involving the removal of only the ascending (right) colon or the descending (left) colon.

Word forms

hemicolectomy hemicolectomies

Etymology

From hemi- + colectomy.

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