isthmusectomy
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Noun
editisthmusectomy (plural isthmusectomies)
- Synonym of isthmectomy
Usage notes
editSeveral medical dictionaries as of 2017 enter isthmectomy (isthm- + -ectomy) and not isthmusectomy (isthmus + -ectomy); the former word arose earlier (circa 1911 versus circa 1962), but the latter word has been in wider use since the mid-1970s.[1]