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noun
A surgical procedure involving the excision of internal and/or external hemorrhoidal tissue, typically indicated for the treatment of symptomatic, prolapsed, thrombosed, or refractory hemorrhoids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: haemorrhoidectomy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
History
Etymology tree English hemorrhoid Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh1- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English hemorrhoidectomy From hemorrhoid + -ectomy.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
