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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
appendectomy
 
SYLLABICATION:ap·pen·dec·to·my
PRONUNCIATION:  pn-dkt-m
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. ap·pen·dec·to·mies
Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix.
ETYMOLOGY: append(ix) + –ectomy.
 
 
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