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Cholecystectomy

Also called Gallbladder removal surgery

SurgeryGastroenterologyImportant

Surgical removal of the gallbladder, most commonly by laparoscopy, serving as the primary treatment for symptomatic cholelithiasis and acute cholecystitis.

Korean

담낭절제술

담낭 결석증이나 담낭염 치료를 위해 담낭을 수술로 절제하는 것.

French

Cholécystectomie

Ablation chirurgicale de la vésicule biliaire, le plus souvent par laparoscopie ; traitement principal de la lithiase biliaire symptomatique et de la cholécystite aiguë.

Word parts

  • cholecyst/oRoot(Greek) Gallbladder
  • -ectomySuffix(Greek) Surgical removal

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