To perform a hepatectomy; to surgically remove part or all of the liver.
From 'hepatectomy' combined with the verb-forming suffix '-ize.' This term emerged in 20th-century medical practice as liver surgery became increasingly common.
Modern surgeons can hepatectomize strategically to remove tumors while calculating exactly how much healthy liver must remain for the patient to survive—it's surgical mathematics combined with biological knowledge!
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