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septectomy

American

[sep-tek-tuh-mee] / sɛpˈtɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

excision of part or all of a septum, especially the nasal septum.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

septectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of septectomy

sept(um) + -ectomy

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