sympathectomy

[ sim-puh-thek-tuh-mee ]

noun,plural sym·pa·thec·to·mies.Medicine/Medical.
  1. surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.

  2. Also called chemical sympathectomy. a like interruption by chemical means.

Origin of sympathectomy

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; sympath(etic) + -ectomy

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British Dictionary definitions for sympathectomy

sympathectomy

/ (ˌsɪmpəˈθɛktəmɪ) /


nounplural -mies
  1. the surgical excision or chemical destruction (chemical sympathectomy) of one or more parts of the sympathetic nervous system

Origin of sympathectomy

1
C20: from sympathetic + -ectomy

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