deappendicize

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From de- +‎ appendix +‎ -ize.

Verb

deappendicize (third-person singular simple present deappendicizes, present participle deappendicizing, simple past and past participle deappendicized)

  1. (medicine, surgery, dated, very rare) To remove or excise the appendix from a patient.
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