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strumectomy

[ stroo-mek-tuh-mee ]

noun

, Surgery.
, plural stru·mec·to·mies.
  1. excision of part or all of a goiter.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of strumectomy1

First recorded in 1890–95; strum(a) + -ectomy

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