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Colectomy

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colectomy /co·lec·to·my/ (ko-lek´tah-me) excision of the colon or of a portion of it.
co·lec·to·my (k-lkt-m)
n.
Surgical removal of part or all of the colon.

Colectomy
Surgical removal of the large bowel.
Mentioned in: Intestinal Polyps

colectomy
excision of the colon or of a portion of it.

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A diagnosis of schistosomiasis was made for 1 additional patient, whose colectomy specimen (colectomy performed because of familial adenomatous polyposis) contained schistosome ova 10 years after exposure (3).
The patient's history was significant for a colectomy 5 months earlier.
 
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