necrotomy

American

[nuh-krot-uh-mee, ne-] / nəˈkrɒt ə mi, nɛ- /

noun

Surgery. the excision of necrosed bone.
the dissection of dead bodies.

necrotomy British

/ nɛˈkrɒtəmɪ /

noun

dissection of a dead body
surgical excision of dead tissue from a living organism

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Noun Inflected Forms

necrotomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of necrotomy

First recorded in 1895–1900; necro- + -tomy

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