12-letter words containing ectomy
- alveolectomy — The surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis.
- appendectomy — the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
- cervicectomy — (medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
- clitorectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision.
- coccygectomy — (surgery) Surgical removal of the coccyx.
- duodenectomy — a complete or incomplete removal of the duodenum
- featurectomy — /fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous" and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- gingivectomy — surgical removal of gum tissue.
- hysterectomy — excision of the uterus.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- maxillectomy — Surgical removal of the maxilla.
- meniscectomy — the surgical excision of a meniscus, as of the knee joint.
- oophorectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- patellectomy — the surgical removal of the patella
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
- rhytidectomy — face-lift.
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- thoracectomy — excision of part or all of a rib.
- thrombectomy — surgical removal of a blood clot from a blood vessel.
- urethrectomy — excision or removal of part or all of the urethra.
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