condylectomy

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noun

excision of a condyle

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Meanings

nouncondylectomy (plural condylectomies)

plural condylectomies

  1. medicineexcision of a condyle
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    Frontal view showing deviated mandible toward defect Intraoral view showing scar tissue An orthopantomogram radiograph revealed resected mandible distal to left canine involving entire mandible of left side without condylectomy [ Figure 3 ] representing class II type postsurgical impairment according to Cantor and Curtis classification,[ 2 ] which was determined by prosthetic considerations.

    2015, Pavankumar R. Koralakunte et al., “Prosthetic management of hemimandibulectomy patient with guiding plane and twin occlusion prosthesis”, in Journal of Natural Science, Biology, and Medicine, volume 6, →DOI

Origin

From condyle + -ectomy.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with condylectomy

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Chicago

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