Meanings
nountenosynovectomy (countable and uncountable, plural tenosynovectomies)
plural tenosynovectomies
- countableuncountablemedicineExcision or resection of a tendon sheath.
Complete excision including tenosynovectomy is essential even in "non-specific" rice body tenosynovitis.
2015 July 14, Seung Eun Hong et al., “Rice Body Tenosynovitis without Tuberculosis Infection after Multiple Acupuncture Procedures in a Hand”, in Archives of Plastic Surgery, volume 42, →DOI1 more example
There is substantial clinical experience showing that the risk of tendon rupture can be minimized by tenosynovectomy.
1973, Jerome H. Herman, Rheumatoid Arthritis: Theoretical and Clinical Aspects, page 184
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tenosynovectomy
hysterectomymastectomyvasectomyprostatectomycholecystectomynephrectomyendarterectomysplenectomylumpectomytonsillectomygastrectomyappendectomyhepatectomyoophorectomyvitrectomythyroidectomyadrenalectomylaminectomydiscectomystapedectomycolectomylobectomycystectomyovariectomy
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