segmentectomy

noun

Etymology

From segment + -ectomy.

  1. derived from segmentum
  2. suffixed as segmentectomy — “segment + ectomy

Definitions

  1. The surgical removal of a segment of an organ such as the lung or the liver.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for segmentectomy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA