gyrectomy

[ jahy-rek-tuh-mee ]

noun,plural gy·rec·to·mies.Surgery.
  1. excision of a cerebral gyrus.

Origin of gyrectomy

1
First recorded in 1945–50; gyr(us) + -ectomy

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