appendectomy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

appendectomy
    n 1: surgical removal of the vermiform appendix [syn:
         {appendectomy}, {appendicectomy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Appendectomy \Ap`pen*dec"to*my\, Appendicectomy
\Ap*pend`i*cec"to*my\, n.] [Appendix + Gr. ?, fr. ? excision.]
   (Surg.)
   Excision of the vermiform appendix.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Appendence

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "appendectomy":
      adenoidectomy, arteriectomy, castration, cholecystectomy,
      craniectomy, cricoidectomy, cystectomy, enterectomy, gastrectomy,
      hemorrhoidectomy, hysterectomy, mammectomy, mastectomy,
      mastoidectomy, nephrectomy, omphalectomy, oophorectomy,
      oophorocystectomy, orchidectomy, ovariectomy, pancreatectomy,
      penectomy, pericardiectomy, phrenicectomy, pneumonectomy,
      prostatectomy, salpingectomy, stapedectomy, tonsillectomy,
      ureterectomy, urethrectomy, vasectomy, venectomy