Translate the medical term pancreatolithectomy as literally as possible.

A. Removal of the pancreas
B. Removal of a stone in the pancreas
C. Stone in the pancreas
D. Incision into a stone in the pancreas
E. Incision into the pancreas


Answer: B

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