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Noun: haemorrhoidectomy  ,he-mu-roy'dek-tu-mee
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: hemorrhoidectomy)
  1. Surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them
    "The patient opted for a haemorrhoidectomy after conservative treatments failed";
    - hemorrhoidectomy [N. Amer]

Derived forms: haemorrhoidectomies

Type of: op [informal], operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

Encyclopedia: Haemorrhoidectomy