Necrectomy

//nəˈkɹɛktəmi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The removal of necrosed tissue. uncountable, usually

    "Of the total number (2743) of hospitalized children at the Burns Department of the Pediatric Surgery in Zagreb in the last ten years, deep burns of some aesthetically and functionally important body areas were separated and the results of the application of the early necrectomy and immediate grafting method, as recommended by Janzekovic, are analysed."

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necrosectomynecrosectomy

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"Of the total number (2743) of hospitalized children at the Burns Department of the Pediatric Surgery in Zagreb in the last ten years, deep burns of some aesthetically and functionally important body areas were separated and the results of the application of the early necrectomy and immediate grafting method, as recommended by Janzekovic, are analysed."

Etymology

From necro- + -ectomy.

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