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hypophysectomy
[ hahy-pof-uh-sek-tuh-mee, hi- ]
noun
Surgery.
plural hypophysectomies.
- excision of the pituitary gland.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hypophysectomy1
First recorded in 1905–10; hypophys(is) + -ectomy
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Example Sentences
Examples have not been reviewed.
Some who had been resigned to an early death have begun virtually new lives after hypophysectomy controlled the recurrence or spread of colonizing cancers.
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