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antrectomy


1. <procedure> Removal of the walls of an antrum.

2. Removal of the antrum (distal half) of the stomach; often combined with bilateral excision of portions of vagus nerve trunks (vagectomy) in treatment of peptic ulcer.

Origin: antrum + G. Ektome, excision