transversectomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The surgical excision of a transverse process of a vertebra.
  2. A colectomy involving the removal of only the transverse colon.

Word forms

transversectomy transversectomies

Etymology

From transverse + -ectomy.

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