syndesmectomy

[sin-dez-mek-tuh-mee, -des-]

noun, plural syn·des·mec·to·mies. Surgery.

excision of part of a ligament.

Origin of syndesmectomy

< Greek sýndesm(os) bond, fastening (syn- syn- + des-, variant stem of deîn to bind (see syndesis) + -mos noun suffix) + -ectomy

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syndesmectomy in Medicine

syndesmectomy

[sĭn′dĕz-mĕk′tə-mē]

n.

The cutting away of a section of a ligament.

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