How to Use appendectomy in a Sentence
appendectomy
noun- The surgeon performed an appendectomy on her.
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David Laurie had a history of an appendectomy and removal of his gallbladder and part of his colon.
— Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2024 -
Porter had to have an appendectomy prior to the Maryland game and has missed the last two.
— Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 26 Nov. 2022 -
He was cut by the then-Oakland Raiders the day after an appendectomy.
— Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Aug. 2021 -
Dr. Bornstein made no mention of the bone spurs but did note the appendectomy from Mr. Trump’s childhood.
— Steve Eder and Dave Philipps, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2016 -
Channing Frye played for the first time since getting an appendectomy during the All-Star break.
— Tania Ganguli, latimes.com, 27 Mar. 2018 -
Scott had an appendectomy that robbed him of some playing time.
— Matthew Defranks, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 June 2018 -
Anybody else have to rush their wife to the emergency room for an appendectomy?
— Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2021 -
Mullen had to have an emergency appendectomy the night before the game.
— Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 5 Oct. 2019 -
Hooper underwent an appendectomy and missed the final two games of the first half, and didn’t get targeted much in the first six games.
— cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020 -
The day after my appendectomy, my husband had asked me to bring him a Sudafed for his runny nose, because my side of the bed was closer to the bathroom.
— Deborah Copaken, The Atlantic, 25 July 2021 -
The emergency appendectomy sub plot was a sub plot qua sub plot.
— Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2023 -
He was rushed to the emergency room for an appendectomy.
— Aj Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023 -
Houser had some more bad luck in the spring, when he was sidelined by an appendectomy for several weeks.
— Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2018 -
And the price problem extends well beyond drugs: Open heart surgery is 70% more than the next highest country; an appendectomy over two times more.
— H. Gilbert Welch and Elliott Fisher, CNN, 11 May 2017 -
Teller noted that the return of tight end Austin Hooper from his appendectomy this week is huge too.
— cleveland, 13 Nov. 2020 -
Ohio State lost two games earlier in the season when Young was out because of an appendectomy.
— cleveland, 27 Feb. 2020 -
Burrow had been out the past two weeks after needing an appendectomy right after the start of training camp.
— The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2022 -
Zalatoris was given a spot in the field as an 18-year-old, but had to back out the week of the tournament because of an emergency appendectomy.
— Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2022 -
The expert opinion on her report was that an appendectomy was not required at this time.
— Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2022 -
While Meredith lists everything that could go wrong, Webber tries to remind her that this is a routine surgery and that, most of the time, an appendectomy is no big deal.
— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024 -
The offense will also get a huge boost from the return of tight end Austin Hooper, who’s missed the past two games while recovering from an appendectomy.
— cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020 -
Joe Burrow is still on the mend from an appendectomy two weeks ago, and there is no timetable for his participation in training camp.
— Mitch Stacy, ajc, 10 Aug. 2022 -
The Sallie House, once home to Atchison's town physician, was named for a young girl who who died during an emergency appendectomy in 1906.
— Tarah Chieffi, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2020 -
The abdominal pain two days later that led to an emergency appendectomy and a 13-day recovery to get back on the field.
— Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2017 -
Channing Frye played for the first time since having an appendectomy during the All-Star break, giving the Lakers 11 available players.
— Tania Ganguli, latimes.com, 27 Mar. 2018 -
The renter paid a 25-pound deposit, but the coronation was postponed after the king had an emergency appendectomy.
— Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 14 Mar. 2020 -
Just as Jose Alvarez prepared for his first year of college, he was forced to undergo an appendectomy.
— María Méndez, Dallas News, 6 July 2019 -
Burrow is playing his first game following an appendectomy that forced him to miss most of training camp.
— Joe Harrington, The Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2022 -
Giants: The Giants will play the next three weeks without Brandon Belt, who had an emergency appendectomy over the weekend.
— Si.com Staff, SI.com, 4 June 2018
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