appendectomy

Definitions

Examples

• The typical hospitalization for a routine appendectomy is about 24 hours.

• Cato did not ask me to write their brief for the same reason that you do not ask me to perform your appendectomy.

• She spoke to one person convinced that his appendectomy made him less attractive.

• In 2001, Arthur's wife and his girlfriend accidentally met while he was recovering from an appendectomy in Middlesex Hospital.

• He didn't remember the details of the appendectomy, but he still had records that showed a completely normal operation.

• I recalled the famous appendectomy performed on him some years ago.

• It posed no more threat to a patient than a simple appendectomy had posed three centuries before.

• In 1736, Claudius Aymand conducted the first successful appendectomy.

• Callista remembered that in Mr. Lamson's office she had very nearly remarked aloud: "Never knew she'd had an appendectomy."