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parathyroidectomy

American

[par-uh-thahy-roi-dek-tuh-mee] / ˌpær əˌθaɪ rɔɪˈdɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

the excision of a parathyroid gland.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

parathyroidectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of parathyroidectomy

First recorded in 1900–05; parathyroid + -ectomy

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