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sclerectomy

[ skli-rek-tuh-mee ]
/ sklɪˈrɛk tə mi /

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.

Nearby words

  1. scleral vein,
  2. sclere,
  3. sclerectasia,
  4. sclerectoiridectomy,
  5. sclerectoiridodialysis,
  6. scleredema,
  7. scleredema adultorum,
  8. sclereid,
  9. sclerema,
  10. sclerema neonatorum

Origin of sclerectomy

scler- + -ectomy
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Medicine definitions for sclerectomy

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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