ADRENALECTOMY

adrenalectomy, suprarenalectomy

(noun) surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

adrenalectomy (countable and uncountable, plural adrenalectomies)

(surgery) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.

Source: Wiktionary



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FENESTRATION

(noun) surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis


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