Meanings
nounmyectomy (plural myectomies)
plural myectomies
- medicineThe removal or the thinning of muscle tissue
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He observed a persistent inferior oblique muscle overaction in 37% of patients and inferior oblique muscle underaction in 8% of patients after an inferior oblique muscle myectomy and 13% incidence of inferior oblique muscle adhesive syndrome when the myectomy was performed at the inferior oblique muscle insertion ( 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 ).
2015 June 10, Jasmina Alajbegovic-Halimic et al., “Recession Vs Myotomy–Comparative Analysis of Two Surgical Procedures of Weakening Inferior Oblique Muscle Overaction”, in Medical Archives, volume 69, →DOI
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Rhymes with myectomy
hysterectomymastectomyvasectomyprostatectomycholecystectomynephrectomyendarterectomysplenectomylumpectomytonsillectomygastrectomyappendectomyhepatectomyoophorectomyvitrectomythyroidectomyadrenalectomylaminectomydiscectomystapedectomycolectomylobectomycystectomyovariectomy
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