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Exaeresis


Ex-ær′e-sis

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.[GREEK] a taking away.]
(Surg.)
In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body.

Definition 2024


exaeresis

exaeresis

English

Noun

exaeresis (uncountable)

  1. (surgery, obsolete) The operations involved in the removal of parts of the body.