In politics, lustration refers to the purge of government officials once affiliated with the Communist system in Central and Eastern Europe. Various forms of lustration were employed in post-communist Europe.
A gastrectomy is a partial or total surgical removal of the stomach.
Surgical removal of the stomach is called a Gastrectomy, and removal of the cardia area is a called a cardiactomy. Cardiectomy is a term that is also used to describe removal of the heart. The former procedure may be carried out because of gastric cancer or severe perforation of the stomach wall.