"thyroidectomy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thyroidectomies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktəmi Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English thyroidectomy From thyroid + -ectomy. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|thyroid|-ectomy|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English thyroidectomy From thyroid + -ectomy. Head templates: {{en-noun}} thyroidectomy (plural thyroidectomies)
  1. (surgery) The surgical removal of part or all of the thyroid gland. Derived forms: hemithyroidectomy, thyroidectomise Related terms: thyroidectomize, thyroidectomized Translations (surgical removal of the thyroid gland): kilpirauhasen poistoleikkaus (Finnish), thyroïdectomie [feminine] (French), Thyreoidektomie [feminine] (German), tyreoidektomia [feminine] (Polish), tyroidektomia [feminine] (Polish), tireoidectomia [feminine] (Portuguese), tiroidectomie [feminine] (Romanian), тиреоидэктоми́я (tireoidɛktomíja) [feminine] (Russian), tiroidectomía [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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