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costectomy

American  
[ko-stek-tuh-mee, kaw-] / kɒˈstɛk tə mi, kɔ- /

noun

Surgery.

plural

costectomies
  1. excision of part or all of a rib.


Etymology

Origin of costectomy

cost- + -ectomy