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  2. Adenectomy - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Adenectomy (from Greek aden 'gland' and ektom ...

  3. List of -ectomies - Wikipedia

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    Adenectomy is the surgical removal of a gland. Adenoidectomy is the surgical removal of the adenoids, also known as the pharyngeal tonsils. Adrenalectomy is the removal of one or both adrenal glands. Aneurysmectomy is the resection or removal of an aneurysm. [1] Apicoectomy is the surgical removal of tooth's root tip.

  4. List of surgical procedures - Wikipedia

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    Many surgical procedure names can be broken into parts to indicate the meaning. For example, in gastrectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Gastro-" means stomach. Thus, gastrectomy refers to the surgical removal of the stomach (or sections thereof).

  5. Adenoidectomy - Wikipedia

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    Adenoidectomy is the surgical removal of the adenoid for reasons which include impaired breathing through the nose, chronic infections, or recurrent earaches. The effectiveness of removing the adenoids in children to improve recurrent nasal symptoms and/or nasal obstruction has not been well studied. [1]

  6. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Forms nouns that denote a person who 'feeds on' the first element or part of the word Greek φαγιστής (phagistḗs) eater; see -phagia: Lotophagi-phagy: Forms nouns that denotes 'feeding on' the first element or part of the word Greek φαγία (phagia) eating; see -phagia: hematophagy: phall-phallus: Greek φαλλός (phallós ...

  7. Lymphadenectomy - Wikipedia

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    Lymphadenectomies are usually done because many types of cancer have a marked tendency to produce lymph node metastasis early in their natural histories. This is particularly true of melanoma, head and neck cancer, differentiated thyroid cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, and colorectal cancer.

  8. Transsphenoidal surgery - Wikipedia

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    Transsphenoidal surgery is a type of surgery in which an endoscope or surgical instruments are inserted into part of the brain by going through the nose and the sphenoid bone (a butterfly-shaped bone forming the anterior inferior portion of the brain case) into the sphenoidal sinus cavity.

  9. Parathyroidectomy - Wikipedia

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    Parathyroidectomy is the surgical removal of one or more of the (usually) four parathyroid glands.This procedure is used to remove an adenoma or hyperplasia of these glands when they are producing excessive parathyroid hormone (PTH): hyperparathyroidism.