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thyrotomy

American

[thahy-rot-uh-mee] / θaɪˈrɒt ə mi /

noun

Surgery.

incision or splitting of the thyroid cartilage; laryngotomy.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

thyrotomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of thyrotomy

First recorded in 1875–80; thyro- + -tomy

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