papillectomyn.
/ˌpapᵻˈlɛktəmi/, U.S. /ˌpæpəˈlɛktəmi/ Surgery.
Surgical excision of a papilla or papillae; an instance of this.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations to remove tumours, dead tissue, etc.
oncotomy1728
enucleation1874
sequestrotomy1874
necrotomy1890
cystectomy1891
strumectomy1894
papillectomy1900
sequestrectomy1940
polypectomy1950
tylectomy1972
1900 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 Feb. 248 Renal Papillectomy.
1970 Brit. Jrnl. Exper. Pathol. 51 591 (title) Partial renal papillectomy and the study of drug induced renal papillary necrosis in the rat.
1978 Cell & Tissue Res. 193 399 It was found that the vallate papilla is capable of regeneration after both partial and total papillectomies.
1982 Austral. Dental Jrnl. 27 279 (title) Rational periodontal therapy by papillectomy.
1994 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. F. 267 883/1 Following papillectomy, there was also an attenuation of afferent arteriolar constriction in response to increases in pressure.
2004 Hepatogastroenterology 51 859 Treatments [for tumors of the papilla of Vater] include endoscopic resection, pancreaticoduodenectomy and total papillectomy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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