Whipple procedure

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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Whipple procedure (plural Whipple procedures)

  1. (surgery) A pancreaticoduodenectomy.

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