Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun polypectomy
1 sense of polypectomy
Sense 1
polypectomy -- (surgical removal of a polyp)
=> 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")