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maxillectomy

maxillectomy noun: surgical removal of the maxilla.

Noun

maxillectomy (plural maxillectomies)

  1. surgical removal of the maxilla
    • The patient underwent partial maxillectomy and a split-thickness skin graft under general anesthesia in late February 2013 in the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.2015 August 2, Masanori Kudoh et al., “Massive Neurilemoma of the Hard Plate in Which Preoperative Diagnosis Was Difficult”, in Case Reports in Surgery, volume 2015, →DOI

Forms of maxillectomy

pluralmaxillectomies

Origin of maxillectomy

From maxilla + -ectomy.

Words formed from maxillectomy

Words that rhyme with maxillectomy

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Questions about maxillectomy

What does maxillectomy mean?
Maxillectomy means surgical removal of the maxilla.
What part of speech is maxillectomy?
Maxillectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of maxillectomy?
The plural of maxillectomy is maxillectomies.

Words near maxillectomy in the dictionary

  1. maxillary vein
  2. maxillary veins
  3. maxillas
  4. maxillate
  5. maxillectomies
  6. maxillectomy
  7. maxilliferous
  8. maxilliform
  9. maxilliped
  10. maxillipedal
  11. maxillipedary

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