thymothymectomy

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noun

Removal of a thymoma from the thymus.

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Meanings

nounthymothymectomy (plural thymothymectomies)

plural thymothymectomies

  1. medicineRemoval of a thymoma from the thymus.

    For thymoma patients, the radical thymothymectomy was performed concurrent with radical pleural pleurectomy.

    2015 July 21, “Pleural Photodynamic Therapy and Surgery in Lung Cancer and Thymoma Patients with Pleural Spread”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From thymo- + thymectomy.

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