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strumectomy

American

[stroo-mek-tuh-mee] / struˈmɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

plural

strumectomies

excision of part or all of a goiter.

Etymology

Origin of strumectomy

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

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