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🩺 Cyst removal surgery 🫙 Bladder removal surgery
cystectomy

cystectomy

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To remove a cyst from an organ like an ovary by surgery
  • noun
  • /sɪˈstɛk.tə.mi/
  • Specialized
: cistectomía
  • The doctor recommended a cystectomy to treat the large ovarian cyst.

Examples

  • A cystectomy may be necessary if the cyst is causing pain or other symptoms.

  • After the cystectomy, the patient recovered quickly and returned to normal activities.

  • The doctor recommended a cystectomy for the patient.

  • After the diagnosis, she scheduled her cystectomy immediately.

  • The doctor recommended a cystectomy to treat the large ovarian cyst.

  • After the cystectomy, the patient recovered quickly and returned to normal activities.

  • A cystectomy may be necessary if the cyst is causing pain or other symptoms.

Surface Forms

cystectomy singular
cystectomies plural

Morphology

cystectomy = cyst (transparent) = cyst + ectomy

The medical operation is directly interpretable as surgical removal of a cyst from tissue or an organ.

Etymology

Cystectomy comes from Greek parts cyst meaning 'sac' or 'cyst' and -ectomy meaning 'cut out', as in appendectomy. So a cystectomy is the 'cutting out' of a cyst from an organ or tissue.