colecistectomía

See also: colecistectomia

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”) + Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”) +‎ -ectomía.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /koleθisteɡtoˈmia/ [ko.le.θis.t̪eɣ̞.t̪oˈmi.a]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /kolesisteɡtoˈmia/ [ko.le.sis.t̪eɣ̞.t̪oˈmi.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: co‧le‧cis‧tec‧to‧mí‧a

Noun

colecistectomía f (plural colecistectomías)

  1. (surgery) cholecystectomy

References
  1. “colecistectomía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading
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