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LARYNGECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laryngectomy mean? 

LARYNGECTOMY (noun)
  The noun LARYNGECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of part or all of the larynx (usually to treat cancer of the larynx)play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LARYNGECTOMY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of part or all of the larynx (usually to treat cancer of the larynx)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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


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