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costectomy

[ko-stek-tuh-mee, kaw-] /kɒˈstɛk tə mi, kɔ-/

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noun, plural costectomies. Surgery.

1.

excision of part or all of a rib.

Also called thoracectomy.

Origin of costectomy

cost- + -ectomy

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thoracectomy in Medicine

thoracectomy tho·ra·cec·to·my (thôr'ə-sěk'tə-mē)
n.
Surgical resection of a portion of a rib.

costectomy cos·tec·to·my (kŏ-stěk'tə-mē)
n.
Excision of a rib.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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