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gyrectomy

American  
[jahy-rek-tuh-mee] / dʒaɪˈrɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

plural

gyrectomies

  1. excision of a cerebral gyrus.

Etymology

Origin of gyrectomy

First recorded in 1945–50; gyr(us) + -ectomy

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