"ossiculectomy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ossiculectomies [plural]
Etymology: ossiculum + -ectomy Head templates: {{en-noun}} ossiculectomy (plural ossiculectomies)
  1. (surgery) The excision of an ossicle (a small bone of the ear) or of the auditory ossicles. Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-ossiculectomy-en-noun-7-kubMDm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

Inflected forms

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