English Explanatory Dictionary

petrosectomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The removal of air cells from a bone, typically from the temporal bone before a cochlear implant.

Word forms

petrosectomy petrosectomies

Etymology

From Latin petrōsus (“stony”) + -ectomy.

Related words

petrosal petrous
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