pancreatectomyn.
/ˌpaŋkrɪəˈtɛktəmi/, U.S. /ˈˌpæŋkriəˈtɛktəmi/ Surgery.
Surgical excision of part or all of the pancreas; an instance of this.
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pancreatectomy1889
pancreatomy1890
pancreectomy1890
pancreatoduodenectomy1928
pancreaticoduodenectomy1941
1889 J. Ashhurst Princ. & Pract. Surg. (ed. 5) 955 Pancreatectomy, or excision of a portion of the pancreas, in cases of abdominal wound with protrusion of that organ, appears to have been successfully performed in six cases.
1903 W. S. Bickham Text-bk. Operative Surg. v. 834 Anatomically, complete pancreatectomy is very difficult.
1968 New Scientist 27 June 701/2 Pancreas transplantation..might also be useful..where pancreatectomy is needed because of malignancy.
1977 Proc. Royal Soc. Med. 70 160/1 One man of 44 died of massive haemorrhage the day after a complicated procedure to relieve intestinal and biliary obstruction, following a pancreatectomy less than three weeks previously.
1997 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94 6650/1 The beta cells of the islets of Langerhans can undergo regeneration and hyperplasia in response to functional stresses, as in partial pancreatectomy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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