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ganglionectomy

American

[gang-glee-uh-nek-tuh-mee] / ˌgæŋ gli əˈnɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

the excision of a ganglion.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

ganglionectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of ganglionectomy

First recorded in 1920–25; ganglion + -ectomy

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