thymothymectomy

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English

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Etymology

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From thymo- +‎ thymectomy.

Noun

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thymothymectomy (plural thymothymectomies)

  1. (surgery) Removal of a thymoma from the thymus.
    • 2015 July 21, “Pleural Photodynamic Therapy and Surgery in Lung Cancer and Thymoma Patients with Pleural Spread”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      For thymoma patients, the radical thymothymectomy was performed concurrent with radical pleural pleurectomy.