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arthrectomy

American

[ahr-threk-tuh-mee] / ɑrˈθrɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

erasion.

arthrectomy British

/ ɑːˈθrɛktəmɪ /

noun

surgical excision of a joint

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Noun Inflected Forms

arthrectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of arthrectomy

arthr- + -ectomy

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