hypophysectomy
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of hypophysectomy
First recorded in 1905–10; hypophys(is) + -ectomy
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Some who had been resigned to an early death have begun virtually new lives after hypophysectomy controlled the recurrence or spread of colonizing cancers.
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