Definition of cholecystectomy in English:
cholecystectomy
nounPlural cholecystectomiesˌkɒlɪsɪsˈtɛktəmiˌkoʊləˌsɪsˈtɛktəmi
mass nounMedicine Surgical removal of the gall bladder.
Example sentencesExamples
- At the beginning of this keyhole surgery, this laparoscopic cholecystectomy, there were injuries noted to the bile duct; was the injury simply tying it off by mistake, or what?
- Surgeons in France reported performing the first surgical laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 1987.
- People can live without a gallbladder, and the most common treatment for gallstone problems is surgical removal of the gallbladder, known as cholecystectomy (pronounced co-lee-sist-ect-omy).
- Since there always exists the possibility of gallbladder rupture with subsequent peritonitis, the definitive treatment of acute cholecystitis involves surgical intervention by open cholecystectomy.
- Tissue retrieval bags commonly used in laparoscopic procedures such as cholecystectomy and appendectomy should be counted as a miscellaneous item.
Definition of cholecystectomy in US English:
cholecystectomy
nounˌkōləˌsisˈtektəmēˌkoʊləˌsɪsˈtɛktəmi
Medicine Surgical removal of the gallbladder.
Example sentencesExamples
- Tissue retrieval bags commonly used in laparoscopic procedures such as cholecystectomy and appendectomy should be counted as a miscellaneous item.
- At the beginning of this keyhole surgery, this laparoscopic cholecystectomy, there were injuries noted to the bile duct; was the injury simply tying it off by mistake, or what?
- Since there always exists the possibility of gallbladder rupture with subsequent peritonitis, the definitive treatment of acute cholecystitis involves surgical intervention by open cholecystectomy.
- People can live without a gallbladder, and the most common treatment for gallstone problems is surgical removal of the gallbladder, known as cholecystectomy (pronounced co-lee-sist-ect-omy).
- Surgeons in France reported performing the first surgical laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 1987.