appendectomy
(A-pen-DEK-toh-mee)
Surgery to remove the appendix (small finger-shaped pouch at the end of the first part of the large intestine).
The NIH Clinical Center (the research hospital of NIH) is open. For more details about its operating status, please visit cc.nih.gov.
Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at opm.gov.