sympathectomy

English

Etymology

sympathetic (nervous system) +‎ -ectomy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

Noun

sympathectomy (plural sympathectomies)

1. (neurosurgery) The surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system.

Translations

surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system

• Catalan: simpatectomia f
• French: sympathectomie (fr) f
• Polish: sympatektomia f
• Romanian: simpatectomie (ro) f
• Russian: симпатэктомия f (simpatɛktomija)
• Spanish: simpatectomía (es) f