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syndesmectomy

[ sin-dez-mek-tuh-mee, -des- ]

noun

, Surgery.
, plural syn·des·mec·to·mies.
  1. excision of part of a ligament.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of syndesmectomy1

< Greek sýndesm ( os ) bond, fastening ( syn- syn- + des-, variant stem of deîn to bind ( syndesis ) + -mos noun suffix) + -ectomy

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