Definition of Hemorrhoidectomy

1. Noun. Surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them.


Definition of Hemorrhoidectomy

1. Noun. (context: surgery) The surgical removal of hemorrhoids. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemorrhoidectomy

hemorrhage
hemorrhaged
hemorrhages
hemorrhagic
hemorrhagic cyst
hemorrhagic fever
hemorrhagic septicemia
hemorrhagic stroke
hemorrhagically
hemorrhaging
hemorrhoid
hemorrhoidal
hemorrhoidal vein
hemorrhoidals
hemorrhoidectomies
hemorrhoidectomy (current term)
hemorrhoids
hemosiderin
hemosiderins
hemosiderosis
hemostases
hemostasia
hemostasis
hemostat
hemostatic
hemostatics
hemostats
hemotaphonomy
hemothorax

Literary usage of Hemorrhoidectomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Operating Room: A Primer for Pupil Nurses by Amy Armour Smith (1916)
"... 206—hemorrhoidectomy (Ligation Method), 206—Operation on Fistula in Ano, 207 —hemorrhoidectomy (Clamp and Cautery Method), 207. ..."

2. Annual Report (1907)
"Rectum—dissection of fistula in ano 2 •—hemorrhoidectomy 2 proctoscopy I Uterus—curettage 95 —fixation ii —Gillian 8 —Caesarian section i —hysterectomy 3 ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"... Scarlet fever 7 77 Catarrhal jaundice 7 38 Diphtheria 5 57 Tonsillitis and sinusitis 90 34 SURGICAL CONDITIONS. hemorrhoidectomy 25 45 Herniotomy 41 50 ..."

4. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1916)
"... and curettage and hemorrhoidectomy. The abdomen was opened and the right ovary was found to be undergoing cystic degeneration with areas of interstitial ..."

5. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"Among these are : hemorrhoidectomy by the clamp and cautery and other methods ; operations for fistula in ano ; for rectal fissures ; for opening ..."

6. Local and Regional Anesthesia: With Chapters on Spinal, Epidural by Carroll Woolsey Allen (1920)
"For very sensitive regions and those well supplied with nerves as in herniotomy, hemorrhoidectomy and prostatectomy I prefer a 0.4 per cent. solution with ..."

7. Transactions of the American Therapeutic Society by American Therapeutic Society, Albert Ernest Gallant, Peter Brynberg Porter (1917)
"... colored, single, domestic, had had severe constipation for years. At first presented herself for strangulated hemorrhoids. hemorrhoidectomy in 1911. ..."

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