hemimandibulectomy

noun

excision of one half of a mandible

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Meanings

nounhemimandibulectomy (plural hemimandibulectomies)

plural hemimandibulectomies

  1. medicineexcision of one half of a mandible

    The medical history revealed that the patient was surgically operated 4 years back by a wide resection of the tumor with left hemimandibulectomy without disarticulation, left radical neck dissection and reconstruction with pectoralis major myocutaneous flap.

    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 hemi- + mandibulectomy.

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