Autoappendectomy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Autoappendectomy is a noun meaning (rare) An appendectomy performed on oneself via self-surgery.
Meaning
(rare) An appendectomy performed on oneself via self-surgery.
Example Sentences
However, in this day and age we would recommend antibiotics rather than autoappendectomy.
A 27-year-old Leonid Rogozov performed an autoappendectomy on April 30, 1961, while isolated with a team of Soviets on an expedition to the Antarctic.
This is not likely to involve any great change in the number of people who choose to act as their own lawyers, any more than the availability of medical and surgical treatises is to encourage autoappendectomy.
Word Forms
- autoappendectomies
- auto-appendectomy
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include self-surgery, appendectomy, appendicectomy, autoamputation, appy, autoenucleation.
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