thyroparathyroidectomy

noun

The surgical removal of the thyroid gland along with one or more parathyroid glands.

Scrabble 44

Meanings

nounthyroparathyroidectomy (countable and uncountable, plural thyroparathyroidectomies)

plural thyroparathyroidectomies

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe surgical removal of the thyroid gland along with one or more parathyroid glands.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
  3. Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
  4. Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  8. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  9. Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
  10. New Latinthyreoīdēs
  11. Englishthyroid
  12. Englishthyro-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  15. Proto-Hellenic*pərai
  16. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
  17. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ- (pără-)
  18. Englishpara-
  19. Englishthyroid
  20. Englishparathyroid
  21. Englishthyroparathyroid
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰs
  24. Proto-Hellenic*eks
  25. Ancient Greekἐκ (ek)
  26. Ancient Greekἐκ- (ek-)
  27. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  28. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  29. Ancient Greekἐκτέμνω (ektémnō)
  30. Ancient Greekἐκτομή (ektomḗ)
  31. Englishthyroparathyroidectomy

From thyroparathyroid + -ectomy.

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