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compartmentectomy

compartmentectomy noun: the surgical excision of an entire fascial compartment, usually as a treatment for soft tissue sarcomas.

Noun

compartmentectomy

  1. The surgical excision of an entire fascial compartment, usually as a treatment for soft tissue sarcomas.

Origin of compartmentectomy

From compartment + -ectomy.

Words that rhyme with compartmentectomy

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Questions about compartmentectomy

What does compartmentectomy mean?
Compartmentectomy means the surgical excision of an entire fascial compartment, usually as a treatment for soft tissue sarcomas.
What part of speech is compartmentectomy?
Compartmentectomy is a noun.

Words near compartmentectomy in the dictionary

  1. compartmentalizes
  2. compartmentalizing
  3. compartmentally
  4. compartmentation
  5. compartmentations
  6. compartmentectomy
  7. compartmented
  8. compartmentful
  9. compartmentfuls
  10. compartmenting
  11. compartmentize

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