peritonectomy

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noun

Removal of a cancerous part of the peritoneum.

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Meanings

nounperitonectomy (plural peritonectomies)

plural peritonectomies

  1. medicineRemoval of a cancerous part of the peritoneum.

    Given that suitability of patients for peritonectomy was discussed during weekly meetings and only selected patients were offered this combined therapy, there was selection bias in this study.

    2015 June 26, Yeqian Huang et al., “Effects of sex hormones on survival of peritoneal mesothelioma”, in World Journal of Surgical Oncology, volume 13, →DOI
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Chicago

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