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ganglionectomy

[ gang-glee-uh-nek-tuh-mee ]

noun

, Surgery.
, plural gan·gli·on·ec·to·mies.
  1. the excision of a ganglion.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ganglionectomy1

First recorded in 1920–25; ganglion + -ectomy

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