isthmectomy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

isthmus +‎ -ectomy

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

isthmectomy (plural isthmectomies)

  1. (surgery) The surgical removal of the band of tissue (or isthmus) connecting the two lobes of the thyroid gland.

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