Definition of "appendectomies" []

• Plural form of appendectomy. (noun)

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• "The staff will also be able to provide general surgical services, such as appendectomies, tonsillectomies and circumcision."
• "It may be hard to fully take in such memories of extreme deprivation as a doctor's tales of operating without anesthetic ( "acupuncture would be used for simpler surgeries, such as appendectomies"), of advising mothers desperate to feed their children, "If you use grass or bark, you have to grind it up very fine, then cook it a very long time so it is soft and easy to eat.""
• "Currently, single-incision laparoscopy is performed for basic laparoscopic procedures involving single abdominal quadrants, such as appendectomies, gall bladder removals and, more recently, partial colectomies."