ostectomy

Also os·te·ec·to·my

[o-stek-tuh-mee]

noun

Surgery.

plural

ostectomies 

1. excision of part or all of a bone.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ostectomy¹

First recorded in 1890–95; ost(e)- + -ectomy

Example Sentences

Unable to completely repair her hip, the vet had to perform a femoral head ostectomy, in which part of the femur is removed.

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