Etymology

tenonectomy

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Today it means: The excision of part of a tendon. Full definition →

Latin tenon
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  1. Latin · derived fromtenon“tendon”
  2. English todaytenonectomy

From Latin tenon (“tendon”) + -ectomy.

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