appendectomy
noun
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The appendix is a tiny tube attached to the large intestine that no longer has any real function. Appendicitis—inflammation and swelling of the appendix, usually as a result of bacterial infection—generally occurs between the ages of 10 and 19, and is the most common reason for emergency surgery in the U.S. today. Since the appendix has so little to do, appendectomies normally have no negative aftereffects at all. If appendicitis is ignored, bacteria may enter the blood and infect other parts of the body.
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Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Following Vanderbilt’s death, after an appendectomy, at the age of fifty-one, much of Biltmore was sold to the United States to create Pisgah National Forest, one of the first national parks east of the Mississippi; about fifteen hundred acres were sold off to create Biltmore Forest.
—Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
The research found an appendectomy in the same hospital can cost as much as 32 times on the upper end what that facility’s lowest cost is for the service; cataract surgery can cost nine times and cesareans eight times the lowest cost at the same facility.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2024
The Ducks will also be without one of their mainstays, goaltender John Gibson, whose recent appendectomy will keep him off the ice for the next three to six weeks.
—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Appendectomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appendectomy. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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