Usually means: Surgical removal of the colon.
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  1. colectomy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. colectomy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. colectomy: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. colectomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  1. colectomy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Colectomy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  9. colectomy: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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  11. Inflammatory Bowel Disease Glossary (No longer online)
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  13. Colectomy: Drug Medical Dictionary
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noun:  (surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all or part of the large intestine or colon.

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