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

Derived forms: hemorrhoidectomies

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

Encyclopedia: Hemorrhoidectomy