septectomy

septectomy
Operative removal of the whole or a part of a septum, specifically of the nasal septum. [L. saeptum, septum, + G. ektome, excision]

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sep·tec·to·my sep-'tek-tə-mē n, pl -mies surgical excision of a septum

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sep·tec·to·my (sep-tekґtə-me) [sept- + -ectomy] excision of part or all of a septum, particularly the nasal septum.

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