ossiculectomy
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ossiculectomy (plural ossiculectomies)
- (surgery) The excision of an ossicle (a small bone of the ear) or of the auditory ossicles.
- 1894, Archives of Otology, volume 23, page 193:
- The above reactions show how important it is that thorough tests should be applied before resorting to ossiculectomy, for it is manifest that when the nerve is involved to a considerable or great extent, but little can be hoped from the operation.