extirpation

pronunciation

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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 ?

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