arteriectomy
[ är-tîr′ē-ĕk′tə-mē ]
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n.
Excision of part of an artery.
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Words nearby arteriectomy
arterial spider, arterial tension, arteria lusoria, arteriarctia, arteriectasis, arteriectomy, arteries, arterio-, arterioatony, arteriocapillary, arteriogram
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