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Definition of "cystectomy" []

  • Surgical removal of a cyst. (noun)
  • Surgical removal of the gallbladder. (noun)
  • Surgical removal of all or part of the urinary bladder. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cystectomy" in a sentence
  • "Brucker, B, Ernst, L, Meadows, A, Zderic, S: A second leiomyosarcoma of the urinary baldder in a child with a history of retinoblastoma 12 years following partial cystectomy."
  • "Wednesday morning for her for her second laproscopic ovarian cystectomy."
  • "This can often be accomplished via a laparoscopic procedure or by a slightly more complex operation called an ovarian cystectomy, which removes the cyst without removing the ovary."