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whipple procedure

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

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noun

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

Whipple procedures (plural)

Whipple

What does whipple procedure mean?: A pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Where does whipple procedure come from?: Named after the surgeon Dr. Allen Whipple, who devised the procedure in 1935.

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