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sclerectomy

[skli-rek-tuh-mee]

noun, plural scle·rec·to·mies. Surgery.

excision of part of the sclera.

removal of the adhesions formed in the middle ear during chronic otitis media.

Origin of sclerectomy

scler- + -ectomy

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sclerectomy in Medicine

sclerectomy

[sklə-rĕk′tə-mē]

n.

Excision of a portion of the sclera.

Surgical removal of the fibrous adhesions formed in chronic otitis media.

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