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Definition of Polypectomy
1. Noun. Surgical removal of a polyp.
Definition of Polypectomy
1. Noun. (surgery) The removal of a polyp. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Polypectomy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypectomy
Literary usage of Polypectomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guidelines for the Evaluation of Virtual Terminal Implementations by Carol A. Edgar (1993)
"The study used reference groups as controls, with the assumption that patients
undergoing polypectomy would have experienced the same incidence of cancer as ..."
2. The Nose, Throat and Ear, Their Functions and Diseases: A Treatise Upon the by Ben Clark Gile (1915)
"The wire snare can be used for polypectomy in other localities, provided its ...
In all cases of polypectomy the raw surface left by the operation must be ..."
3. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Proctosigmoidoscopy and polypectomy in reducing the incidence of rectal cancer.
... Prevention of colorectal cancer by colonoscopic polypectomy. ..."
4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"polypectomy decreased the mean PBSA value significantly to the mean value for
healthy subjects only for patients with ..."
5. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"For these persons, interventions that typically follow such a discovery (ie,
biopsy, polypectomy, frequent colo- ..."
6. Building a Better Delivery System: A New Engineering/health Care Partnership by Proctor P. Reid, W. Dale Compton, Jerome H. Grossman, Gary Fanjiang, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine (U.S.), National Academies Press (U.S.) (2005)
"... the most cost-effective time for surveillance colonoscopy among patients who
have had a polypectomy, or the combination of age and morbidity at which ..."