ileocecectomy

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noun

A surgical procedure to remove the terminal ileum and the cecum, often including the appendix.

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Meanings

nounileocecectomy (plural ileocecectomies)

plural ileocecectomies

  1. medicineA surgical procedure to remove the terminal ileum and the cecum, often including the appendix.

    Following laparoscopic ileocecectomy, pathology demonstrated haemorrhage, inflammation, oedema and full thickness necrosis of the caecal wall.

    2013 July 26, Kara Lee Gallagher, “Ischaemic diverticular disease may mimic acute appendicitis”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI

Origin

From ileo- + cecectomy.

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