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Etymology

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sympathectomy +‎ -ize

Verb

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sympathectomize (third-person singular simple present sympathectomizes, present participle sympathectomizing, simple past and past participle sympathectomized)

  1. (transitive) To perform sympathectomy upon
    • 2015 October 29, “Periosteum Metabolism and Nerve Fiber Positioning Depend on Interactions between Osteoblasts and Peripheral Innervation in Rat Mandible”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Young adult rats were chemically sympathectomized or treated with Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide or Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide 10-28, a receptor antagonist.