-ectomy, -ectome, -ectomize
(Greek: a suffix; cut, excise, surgical removal of)
prostatomyomectomy
prostatoseminalvesiculectomy
Surgical removal of the entire prostate and seminal vesicles.
prostatovesiculectomy
1. Excision of the prostate and seminal vesicles.
2. Surgical removal of the prostate gland and seminal vesicles.
2. Surgical removal of the prostate gland and seminal vesicles.
pulmonectomy
pulpectomy
The surgical removal of all or part of the coronal pulp of a tooth, leaving the radicular pulp.
pylorectomy
The surgical removal or excision of all or part of the pylorus, sometimes including the removal of part of the stomach.
pylorogastrectomy
The excision of the pylorus (opening from the stomach and the first part of the small intestine) and the connecting part of the stomach.
quadrantectomy
radical mastectomy, Halstead mastectomy
1. Treatment of breast cancer in which the breast, involved skin, pectoral muscles, axillary lymph nodes, and subcutaneous fat are removed.
2. Removal of all breast tissue, from just under the collarbone to the abdomen, including the chest wall muscles and the axillary lymph nodes in the armpit.
2. Removal of all breast tissue, from just under the collarbone to the abdomen, including the chest wall muscles and the axillary lymph nodes in the armpit.
radically
radiculectomy
radiectomy
Excision of all or part of a dental root.
radiothyroidectomy
radisectomy
ramisection, ramicotomy, ramisectomy
1. The surgical division of a ramus communicans between a spinal nerve and a ganglion of the sympathetic trunk.
2. Surgical division of communicantes of sympathetic nerves.
2. Surgical division of communicantes of sympathetic nerves.
Related cutting-word units: cast-; castrat-; -cise, -cide; mutil-; put-; sec-, seg-; temno-; -tomy; trunc-.
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