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isthmectomy, median strumectomy
1. A surgical procedure in which a narrow bridge of tissue connecting two larger tissue masses is excised; such as, the removal of the thyroid isthmus.
2. Excision of the midportion of the thyroid.
This entry is located in the following units: -ectomy, -ectome, -ectomize (page 15) isthm-, isthmo- + (page 1) strum-, strumo-, strumi- (page 1)