Whipple procedure

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Whipple procedure (plural Whipple procedures)

  1. (surgery) A pancreaticoduodenectomy.

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