pancreatectomy

noun

pan·​cre·​a·​tec·​to·​my ˌpaŋ-krē-ə-ˈtek-tə-mē 

ˌpan-

plural pancreatectomies

: surgical removal of all or part of the pancreas

pancreatectomized

ˌpaŋ-krē-ə-ˈtek-tə-ˌmīzd 

ˌpan-

adjective

Examples of pancreatectomy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Additional lifestyle modifications depend on the type of pancreatectomy performed and the reason for the pancreatectomy. —Qin Rao, Verywell Health, 8 Jan. 2025

Distal pancreatectomy: In a distal pancreatectomy, the surgeon removes the tail of the pancreas and possibly part of the pancreatic body. —Qin Rao, Verywell Health, 8 Jan. 2025

The Whipples are done mostly non-laparoscopically, whereas the distal pancreatectomy can be done laparoscopically. —Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2019

But there is another procedure called the distal pancreatectomy when the tumor is in the tail of pancreas. —Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2019

In another are the pioneers of various procedures, handcrafted by surgeons and experimental physicians and often named for their inventors: the Halsted mastectomy, Mohs surgery, the Whipple pancreatectomy. —Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 15 July 2019

The approach is called laparoscopic total pancreatectomy with islet cell autotransplantation. —Carrie Wells, baltimoresun.com, 16 July 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pancreatectomy

• adrenalectomy
• cholecystectomy
• endarterectomy
• hypophysectomy
• lymphadenectomy
• ovariectomy
• appendectomy
• hepatectomy
• hysterectomy
• iridectomy
• laminectomy
• laryngectomy

Medical Definition

pancreatectomy

noun

pan·​cre·​atec·​to·​my ˌpaŋ-krē-ə-ˈtek-tə-mē, ˌpan- 

plural pancreatectomies

: surgical excision of all or part of the pancreas

a total pancreatectomy