gastrectomy
(gæˈstrɛktəmɪ)
[f. Gr. γαστ(ε)ρ-, γαστήρ stomach + ἐκτοµή (n. of action f. ἐκτέµνειν to cut out) + -y3.]
‘The removal of a part of the stomach, as the pylorus, in cancer of the organ’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1885).
| 1886 Braithwaite's Med. Retrospect. XCII. 40 Duodenostomy, gastrostomy for the passage of a tube, and complete gastrectomy, should all be replaced by gastro-enterostomy. |