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myectomy

myectomy noun: the removal or the thinning of muscle tissue.

Noun

myectomy (plural myectomies)

  1. The removal or the thinning of muscle tissue
    • He observed a persistent inferior oblique muscle overaction in 37% of patients and inferior oblique muscle underaction in 8% of patients after an inferior oblique muscle myectomy and 13% incidence of inferior oblique muscle adhesive syndrome when the myectomy was performed at the inferior oblique...2015 June 10, Jasmina Alajbegovic-Halimic et al., “Recession Vs Myotomy–Comparative Analysis of Two Surgical Procedures of Weakening Inferior Oblique Muscle Overaction”, in Medical Archives, volume...

myectomy meaning in Tamil

myectomy in Tamil

தசைப்பகுதி நீக்கம், தசையின் பகுதி நீக்கம்

Forms of myectomy

pluralmyectomies

Origin of myectomy

From myo- + -ectomy.

Words that rhyme with myectomy

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Questions about myectomy

What does myectomy mean?
Myectomy means the removal or the thinning of muscle tissue.
What is myectomy in Tamil?
Myectomy in Tamil is தசைப்பகுதி நீக்கம், தசையின் பகுதி நீக்கம். See Myectomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is myectomy?
Myectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of myectomy?
The plural of myectomy is myectomies.

Words near myectomy in the dictionary

  1. mydriatric
  2. mydriatrics
  3. mydst
  4. mydsts
  5. myectomies
  6. myectomy
  7. Myeik
  8. myek
  9. myekin
  10. myeks
  11. myel-

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