1) Operation 2) Surgery 3) Surgical operation 4) Surgical procedure 5) Surgical process 
A gastrectomy is a partial or full surgical removal of the stomach. ==Indications== Gastrectomies are performed to treat cancer and perforations of the stomach wall. In severe duodenal ulcers it may be necessary to remove the lower portion of the stomach called the pylorus and the upper portion of the small intestine called the duodenum. If there ...
surgical removal of all or part of the stomach, a procedure that is used to treat peptic ulcers. The operation eliminates the gastric-acid-secreting ...
An operation to remove all or part of the stomach.
<procedure, surgery> A surgical procedure where all or a portion of the stomach is removed. Indicated in some cases of intractable gastric ulcers. ... See: Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. ... (27 Sep 1997) ... 
(gas-trek´tә-me) excision of the entire stomach (total gastrectomy) or part of it (partial or subtotal gastrectomy); this may be indicated in cases of malignant tumors or gastric ulcers not responsive to medical management or those complicated by perforation or hemorrhage.
Removal of all, or part, of the stomach. The only weight loss operation in which a gastrectomy is performed is a duodenal switch.
The surgical removal of the whole or part of the stomach.
Type: Term Pronunciation: gas-trek′tŏ-mē Definitions: 1. Excision of a part or all of the stomach.
Gastrectomy: Surgery to remove part of all of the stomach.
A gastrectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the stomach.
[n] - surgical removal of all or part of the stomach
gastrectomy Surgery to remove part or all of the stomach. An incision is made in the abdomen. A portion or all of the stomach (depending on the reason for the operation) is cut free from surrounding tissues, its blood supply is controlled and sewn shut, and then the stomach or part of it can be removed. Depending on the type of operation, the int...
Operation to remove all or part of the stomach. Removing the whole stomach is a total gastrectomy. Removing part of it is a partial gastrectomy.
surgical removal of all or part of the stomach 
noun surgical removal of all or part of the stomach
Surgery to remove part of all of the stomach.
complete or partial removal of the stomach.
surgical removal of all or part of the stomach