ectocervical
Having to do with the part of the cervix that protrudes into the vagina and is lined with epithelial cells.
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133 matchesectomesenchymoma
A rare, fast-growing tumor of the nervous system or soft tissue that occurs in children and young adults.
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A positive pregnancy test alongside an empty uterus on ultrasound is the combination that raises the question before symptoms make it obvious.
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A cutting out: the ending telling a reader that an operation removed something rather than merely opened or inspected it.
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Removal of one or both of the small glands capping the kidneys, whose hormones are potent enough that losing both changes life permanently.
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Removal of the appendix, among the commonest emergency abdominal operations, now usually done through three small cuts rather than one.
Read definitionbilateral nephrectomy
Surgery to remove both kidneys.
Read definitionbilateral prophylactic mastectomy
Surgery to remove both breasts in order to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer.
Read definitionbilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
Surgery to remove both ovaries and both fallopian tubes.
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Surgery to remove the cervix (the end of the uterus that forms a canal between the uterus and the vagina).The upper part of the vagina and certain pelvic lymph nodes may also be removed.
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A colectomy is a surgical procedure that removes all or part of the colon to treat disease or injury affecting that organ.
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Surgery to remove the entire uterus, including the cervix.
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Surgery to remove all metastases (tumors formed from cells that have spread from the primary tumor).
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An operation on the vocal cords or on the spinal cord.
Read definitioncystectomy
Depending on the organ involved, a cystectomy may mean either removing the entire urinary bladder or removing a cyst from a different organ.
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Removing the bladder means inventing a replacement for it, and that reconstruction shapes recovery more than the removal does.
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Surgery to remove the bladder (the organ that holds urine) and urethra (the tube through which urine leaves the body).
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Removal of the body and tail of the pancreas.
Read definitioneffector cell
A cell that performs a specific function in response to a stimulus; usually used to describe cells in the immune system.
Read definitionesophagectomy
Esophagectomy removes part or all of the esophagus, most often to treat esophageal cancer that has not responded to other therapy alone.
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