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endarterectomy

American

[en-dahr-tuh-rek-tuh-mee] / ɛnˌdɑr təˈrɛk tə mi /

noun

the surgical stripping of a fat-encrusted, thickened arterial lining so as to open or widen the artery for improved blood circulation.

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Inflected Forms

noun

endarterectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of endarterectomy

First recorded in 1955–60; endarter(ium) + -ectomy

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