(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Mar 16 2005 at 19:26:37

Ap`pen*dec"to*my (?), Ap*pend`i*cec"to*my (?), n. [Appendix + Gr. &?;, fr. &?; excision.] (Surg.)

Excision of the vermiform appendix.

 

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