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n. - Surgical removal of the narrow blindly ending tube usually about three or four inches long that extends from the cecum

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Usage examples (9)
  • A heart bypass will cost five per cent more and an appendicectomy three per cent more.
  • This is the only way to make the diagnosis and consequently the operator must be able to carry out an appendicectomy if required.
  • The patient was taken to theatre for laparoscopy with the option of appendicectomy.
  • We have performed cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal), appendicectomy and hernia repair.
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