阑尾切除术

Traditional form:

闌尾切除術

Pinyin (reading):

lánwěiqiēchúshù

Definitions:

• appendectomy (medicine)

Characters:

• 阑 - screen door, railing, fence
• 尾 - tail; extremity, end; back, rear
• 切 - to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; close to; eager
• 除 - to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
• 术 - skill, art; method, technique; trick

Traditional characters:

• 闌 - screen door, railing, fence
• 尾 - tail; extremity, end; back, rear
• 切 - to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; close to; eager
• 除 - to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
• 術 - skill, art; method, technique; trick