Digestive
gastrectomy
gas-TREK-toh-mee
StatusNew
Definition
Surgical removal of all or part of the stomach
ProcedureDigestive
Breakdown
Root
gastr/o
stomach
Suffix
-ectomy
surgical removal
Etymology
Greek: gastr/o (stomach) + -ectomy (removal)
Practice
Related Terms
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gas-TRY-tis
Inflammation of the stomach lining
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ap-en-DEK-toh-mee
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neh-FREK-toh-mee
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his-ter-EK-toh-mee
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