gastrectomy

noun gas·trec·to·my \ ga-ˈstrek-tə-mē \

Definition of gastrectomy

plural gastrectomies

: surgical removal of all or part of the stomach

Recent Examples of gastrectomy from the Web

The Losing Continues Though just weeks away from her sentencing, Miller underwent a sleeve gastrectomy in Los Angeles, removing nearly 80 percent of her stomach in hopes of losing weight.

— kate hogan, PEOPLE.com, "From Dance Moms to 8 Months in Prison: Abby Lee Miller's Ups and Downs," 28 Mar. 2018
Last April, prior to her sentencing, the dance instructor underwent a sleeve gastrectomy, a procedure that reduced her stomach by 80 percent.

— Fox News, "Abby Lee Miller reportedly released from prison," 27 Mar. 2018
All underwent either laparoscopic gastric bypass or laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

— alan mozes, chicagotribune.com, "Weight-loss surgery beats meds for obese, diabetic teens, study says," 21 Mar. 2018
Wanting to finally get healthy, Stolfi decided to undergo vertical sleeve gastrectomy surgery in July 2017.

— people staff, PEOPLE.com, "Teen Shares What It's Like to Lose 84 Lbs.: 'This Journey Is 80 Percent Mental'," 14 Feb. 2018
Getting a total gastrectomy eliminates the risk of stomach cancer in the majority of cases, says Dr. Kendrick.

— elizabeth millard, SELF, "I Had a Preventive Total Gastrectomy and Now I Live Without a Stomach," 30 Jan. 2018
The scientists operated on obese mice, performing a type of bariatric surgery called vertical sleeve gastrectomy that involves removing most of the stomach.

— mitch leslie, Science | AAAS, "Gut molecule that blocks ‘hunger hormone’ may spur new treatments for diabetes, anorexia," 7 Dec. 2017
Pinterest Abd El Aty underwent a successful laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgery in March and dropped 713 lbs.

— julie mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, "Woman Once Considered the World’s Heaviest Dies After Losing More Than 700 Lbs.," 26 Sep. 2017
Against the odds, Abd El Aty underwent a successful laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in March.

— amy b wang, Washington Post, "Doctors in three countries tried to save the ‘world’s heaviest woman.’ Now they mourn her.," 25 Sep. 2017

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Did You Know?

Gastr- comes from the Greek word for "belly", and shows up in English in such words as gastric ("relating to the stomach") and gastronomy ("the cooking and eating of fine food"). Believe it or not, there are many people today who have had a gastrectomy and live without a stomach; some of them need to eat fairly steadily and carefully through the day, but many lead almost completely normal and even vigorous lives.