abdominoperineal resection

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /æb.ˈdɑ.mə.noʊ.ˌpɛɹ.ə.ˈni.əl ɹiˈsɛk.ʃən/, /əb.ˈdɑ.mə.noʊ.ˌpɛɹ.ə.ˈni.əl ɹiˈsɛk.ʃən/

Noun

abdominoperineal resection (countable and uncountable, plural abdominoperineal resections)

(medicine, surgery) Surgery to remove a portion of the large intestine and surrounding lymph nodes through incisions in the abdomen and perineum.[1]

Translations

surgery to remove a portion of the large intestine

Portuguese: ressecção abdominoperineal f

References

Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3

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