isthmusectomy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
isthmusectomy (plural isthmusectomies)
- Synonym of isthmectomy
Usage notes[edit]
Several medical dictionaries as of 2017 enter isthmectomy (isthm- + -ectomy) and not isthmusectomy (isthmus + -ectomy); the former word arose earlier (circa 1911 versus circa 1962), but the latter word has been in wider use since the mid-1970s.[1]