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diskectomy

diskectomy is the alternative spelling of discectomy.

Meaning of discectomy

Noun

discectomy (plural discectomies)

  1. The surgical procedure to remove all or part of an intervertebral disc; discotomy.

Forms of diskectomy

pluraldiskectomies

Origin of diskectomy

From disk + -ectomy.

Words formed from diskectomy

Words that rhyme with diskectomy

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Questions about diskectomy

What is diskectomy the alternative spelling of?
Diskectomy is the alternative spelling of discectomy.

Words near diskectomy in the dictionary

  1. diskazine
  2. diskazines
  3. diskcyclic
  4. diskcyclicity
  5. diskectomies
  6. diskectomy
  7. disked
  8. disker
  9. diskerie
  10. diskeries
  11. diskers

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