extirpation
pronunciation
How to pronounce extirpation in British English: UK [ˌekstə'peɪʃn]
How to pronounce extirpation in American English: US [ˌekstə'peɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- surgical removal of a body part or tissue
- the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
Word Origin
- extirpation (n.)
- early 15c., "removal;" 1520s, "rooting out, eradication," from Latin extirpationem/exstirpationem (nominative extirpatio/exstirpatio), noun of action from past participle stem of extirpare/exstirpare "root out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + stirps (genitive stirpis) "a root, stock of a tree."
Example
- 1. A case of thymus extirpation resulting in mediastinum infection .
- 2. Does the cataract extirpation need to be in hospital ?
- 3. Incapable of extermination or extirpation .
- 4. They decreed its abolition , a root and branch extirpation .
- 5. Does gallbladder source nature pancreatitis return gallbladder extirpation back to need after recovery ?