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LAMINECTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does laminectomy mean?
• LAMINECTOMY (noun)
The noun LAMINECTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae
Familiarity information: LAMINECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("laminectomy" is a kind of...):
ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
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