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Etymology

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From bi- +‎ segmentectomy.

Noun

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bisegmentectomy (plural bisegmentectomies)

  1. (surgery) The removal of two segments of an organ
    • 2015 June 8, Petr Vavra et al., “Colorectal cancer liver metastases: laparoscopic and open radiofrequency-assisted surgery”, in Videosurgery and other Miniinvasive Techniques[1], volume 10, →DOI:
      The minor laparoscopic procedures ranged from a simple local metastasectomy (wedge resection) through segmentectomy to bisegmentectomy.