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frontoethmoidectomy

frontoethmoidectomy noun: a surgical procedure involving the removal of diseased tissue and/or bone from the frontal and ethmoid sinuses, typically performed to treat chronic sinus disease, obstruction, infection, or complications of sinusitis.

Noun

frontoethmoidectomy (plural frontoethmoidectomies)

  1. A surgical procedure involving the removal of diseased tissue and/or bone from the frontal and ethmoid sinuses, typically performed to treat chronic sinus disease, obstruction, infection, or complications of sinusitis.

Forms of frontoethmoidectomy

pluralfrontoethmoidectomies

Origin of frontoethmoidectomy

From fronto- + ethmoidectomy.

Questions about frontoethmoidectomy

What does frontoethmoidectomy mean?
Frontoethmoidectomy means a surgical procedure involving the removal of diseased tissue and/or bone from the frontal and ethmoid sinuses, typically performed to treat chronic sinus disease, obstruction, infection, or complications of sinusitis.
What part of speech is frontoethmoidectomy?
Frontoethmoidectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of frontoethmoidectomy?
The plural of frontoethmoidectomy is frontoethmoidectomies.

Words near frontoethmoidectomy in the dictionary

  1. frontoclypei
  2. frontoclypeus
  3. frontocortical
  4. frontoethmoidal
  5. frontoethmoidectomies
  6. frontoethmoidectomy
  7. frontofrontal
  8. frontogeneses
  9. frontogenesis
  10. frontogenetic
  11. frontogenetical

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