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syndesmectomy

American

[sin-dez-mek-tuh-mee, -des-] / ˌsɪn dɛzˈmɛk tə mi, -dɛs- /

noun

Surgery.

excision of part of a ligament.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

syndesmectomies

plural

Etymology

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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