ENDARTERECTOMY


Meaning of ENDARTERECTOMY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌen-ˌdär-tə-ˈrek-tə-mē ]

noun

( plural -mies )

Etymology: New Latin endarter ium intima of an artery (from end- + arteria artery) + English -ectomy

Date: 1974

: surgical removal of the inner layer of an artery when thickened and atheromatous or occluded (as by intimal plaques)

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