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Definition of "cholecystectomy" [cholecystectomy]

  • Surgical removal of the gallbladder. (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 "cholecystectomy" in a sentence
  • "And last week, Kamran Goudarzi, a general surgeon in Wilmington, performed the area's first SILS cholecystectomy, which is removing the gall bladder through a single incision in the patient's belly button."
  • "N.der N. Massarweh, and colleagues at University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, examined complication and death rates of 101,318 adults age 65 or older who underwent common abdominal procedures such as cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal), hysterectomy and colectomy from 1987 to 2004."
  • "Seattle, examined complication and death rates of 101,318 adults age 65 or older who underwent common abdominal procedures such as cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal), hysterectomy and colectomy from 1987 to 2004."