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NEURECTOMY

Dictionary entry overview: What does neurectomy mean?

• NEURECTOMY (noun)
The noun NEURECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of all or part of a nerve

Familiarity information: NEURECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NEURECTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Surgical removal of all or part of a nerve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("neurectomy" is a kind of...):

ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)

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