isthmectomy

isthmectomy
Excision of the midportion of the thyroid. [G. isthmos, isthmus, + ektome, excision]

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isth·mec·to·my (is-mekґtə-me) [isthmus + -ectomy] excision of an isthmus, particularly a thyroid isthmus affected with goiter.

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