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phrenicectomy

phrenicectomy is the alternative form of phrenectomy.

Meaning of phrenectomy

Noun

phrenectomy (countable and uncountable, plural phrenectomies)

  1. The severing of the phrenic nerve.

Forms of phrenicectomy

pluralphrenicectomies

Questions about phrenicectomy

What is phrenicectomy the alternative form of?
Phrenicectomy is the alternative form of phrenectomy.

Words near phrenicectomy in the dictionary

  1. phrenic nerve
  2. phrenic nerves
  3. phrenic plexus
  4. phrenic plexuses
  5. phrenicectomies
  6. phrenicectomy
  7. phreniclasia
  8. phrenico-
  9. phrenicoabdominal
  10. phrenicocardial
  11. phrenicocolic

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