CHOLECYSTECTOMY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain)
   Hypernyms(s) cholecystectomy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • ablation (what does ablation mean?)
   • extirpation (what does extirpation mean?)
   • cutting out (what does cutting out mean?)
   • excision (what does excision mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • laparoscopic cholecystectomy (what does laparoscopic cholecystectomy mean?)
   • lap choly (what does lap choly mean?)