English Explanatory Dictionary

ostectomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Excision of all or part of a bone.

Word forms

ostectomy ostectomies osteoectomy

Etymology

From osteo- (“of bone”) + -ectomy (“surgical excision of”).

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