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laryngectomy

American  
[lar-uhn-jek-tuh-mee] / ˌlær ənˈdʒɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.
laryngectomies plural
  1. excision of part or all of the larynx.


laryngectomy British  
/ ˌlærɪnˈdʒɛktəmɪ /

noun

  1. surgical removal of all or part of the larynx

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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noun

Etymology

Origin of laryngectomy

First recorded in 1885–90; laryng- + -ectomy

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Knowing that many laryngectomy patients fail to learn esophageal speech, Kluyskens decided that a new larynx would offer Borremans a great advantage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every time Surgeon Montgomery has done a laryngectomy, he has longed for a way to give the patient something better than this burping speech.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many early cases of laryngeal cancer can be cured without the necessity for laryngectomy, and with the retention of a more or less normal voice.

From Time Magazine Archive

To duplicate that miracle, Staffieri made a small slit in the esophagus of a laryngectomy patient.

From Time Magazine Archive

It should be made well below the isthmus of the thyroid gland, and from three to fifteen days before the laryngectomy.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

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