Thyroidectomy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The surgical removal of part or all of the thyroid gland.
  2. 2
    surgical removal of the thyroid gland wordnet

Etymology

From thyroid + -ectomy.

Related phrases

thyroid gland

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