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Whipple procedure

verb

  1. removal of several organs, including: the head of the pancreas, the duodenum or part of the duodenum, the bile duct, the gallbladder, and sometimes other tissue
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noun

Etymology: Named after the surgeon Dr. Allen Whipple, who devised the procedure in 1935.

  1. A pancreaticoduodenectomy.