tenectomy

tenectomy
Resection of part of a tendon. SYN: tenonectomy. [G. tenon, tendon, + ektome, excision]

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te·nec·to·my (tə-nekґtə-me) [ten- + -ectomy] excision of a lesion of a tendon or of a tendon sheath.

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