The medical term for surgical removal of the gallbladder is:

A) choledocholithotomy
B) cholecystitis
C) cholecystectomy
D) cholelithiasis


C
Explanation: The root cholecyst means "gallbladder" and the suffix -ectomy means "surgical removal."

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