Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun phlebectomy

1 sense of phlebectomy

Sense 1
phlebectomy -- (surgical removal or all or part of a vein; sometimes done in cases of severe varicose veins)
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")