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phrenicotomy

phrenicotomy 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 phrenicotomy

pluralphrenicotomies

Questions about phrenicotomy

What is phrenicotomy the alternative form of?
Phrenicotomy is the alternative form of phrenectomy.

Words near phrenicotomy in the dictionary

  1. phrenicosplenic
  2. phrenicosplenic ligament
  3. phrenicosplenic ligaments
  4. phrenicotomies
  5. phrenicotomized
  6. phrenicotomy
  7. phrenicotripsy
  8. phrenics
  9. phrenism
  10. phrenitic
  11. phrenitides

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