English Explanatory Dictionary

Whipple procedure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Word forms

Whipple procedure Whipple procedures

Etymology

Named after the surgeon Dr. Allen Whipple, who devised the procedure in 1935.

Synonyms

Whipple
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