Meaning

1 senses
  1. The surgical procedure to remove all or part of the large intestine or colon.

Translations

4 languages

Origin

From col- + -ectomy.

From col- + -ectomy.

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Forms

plural: colectomies
Singularcolectomy
Pluralcolectomies

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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