English Explanatory Dictionary

hemicorporectomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The surgical procedure which cuts through the spine and removes the lower half of the body from the waist down.

Word forms

hemicorporectomy hemicorporectomies

Etymology

From hemi- + corpus + -ectomy.

Synonyms

translumbar amputation
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