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HYPOPHYSECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypophysectomy mean? 

HYPOPHYSECTOMY (noun)
  The noun HYPOPHYSECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of the pituitary glandplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HYPOPHYSECTOMY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of the pituitary gland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

Derivation:

hypophysectomise; hypophysectomize (remove the pituitary glands)


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