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dactylectomies

dactylectomies is the plural of dactylectomy.

Meaning of dactylectomy

Noun

dactylectomy (plural dactylectomies)

  1. (rare) The amputation of a finger.
    • […] it would appear that amputation or dactylectomy is definitely contraindicated. Of the four patients whose digits were amputated (and who were not included in this series), no change in the prognosis of their general condition was found […]1947, C.V. Mosby, “American Academy of Pediatrics”, in The Journal of Pediatrics, volume 30, page 156

Questions about dactylectomies

What is dactylectomies the plural of?
Dactylectomies is the plural of dactylectomy.

Words near dactylectomies in the dictionary

  1. dactyl-
  2. dactylaplasia
  3. dactylaplasias
  4. dactylar
  5. dactyle
  6. dactylectomies
  7. dactylectomy
  8. dactyles
  9. dactylethra
  10. dactylethrae
  11. dactyli

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