pancreatectomizev.
/ˌpaŋkrɪəˈtɛktəmʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈˌpæŋkriəˈtɛktəˌmaɪz/ Surgery.
transitive. To perform pancreatectomy upon.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > perform operation on specific part or condition [verb (transitive)] > operations on pancreas
pancreatectomize1960
1912 [implied in: Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 30 341 The glycolytic action of muscle extracts of both normal and pancreatectomized animals has been tested. (at pancreatectomized adj.)].
1960 Recent Progress Hormone Res. 16 503 Rats were fasted and underfed for 8–10 days and then pancreatectomized.
2002 European Jrnl. Pediatrics 161 37 Most neonates were pancreatectomised [for hyperinsulinism] whereas 65% of the infants were treated medically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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