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facetectomy (s) (noun), facetectomies (pl)
Excision or surgical removal of a smooth circumscribed surface; such as, the articular facet of a bone: Cedric was a patient who had a facetectomy that involved the necessary removal of three facets from his spine.
This entry is located in the following units: -ectomy, -ectome, -ectomize (page 10) facio-, faci-, face- (page 2)