SIGMOIDECTOMY

sigmoidectomy

(noun) surgical removal of part or all of the sigmoid colon (usually to remove a malignant tumor)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sigmoidectomy (plural sigmoidectomies)

(surgery) A colectomy in which the sigmoid colon is removed.

Source: Wiktionary



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SENSE

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”


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