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thromb-endarterectomy

thromb-endarterectomy

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Noun

thromb-endarterectomy (plural not attested)

  1. Etymologically incorrect rare spelling of thrombendarteriectomy.
    • 1979: Mircea A. Morariu, Major Neurological Syndromes, page 132 (Thomas; ISBN 0398038317, 9780398038311)
      Cate, WR, Scott, HW: Cerebral ischemia of central origin: Relief by subclavian vertebral artery thromb-endarterectomy. Surgery, 45:19, 1959.

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