thymectomy

American

[thahy-mek-tuh-mee] / θaɪˈmɛk tə mi /

noun

surgical removal of the thymus gland.

thymectomy British

/ θaɪˈmɛktəmɪ /

noun

surgical removal of the thymus

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Noun Inflected Forms

thymectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of thymectomy

First recorded in 1900–05; thym(us) + -ectomy

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Only occasionally is thymectomy done in connection with heart surgery, and in any case, "its eventual effects in children are not known."

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