- diskectomy
- disk·ec·to·my also disc·ec·to·my dis-'kek-tə-mē n, pl -mies surgical removal of an intervertebral disk
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dis·kec·to·my (dis-kekґtə-me) excision of an intervertebral disk; called also discectomy.
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