neurectomyn.
/njᵿˈrɛktəmi/, /njʊəˈrɛktəmi/, U.S. /n(j)ʊˈrɛktəmi/ Surgery.
Surgical excision of part or all of a nerve; an instance of this.
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neurotomy1704
nerve-cutting1831
neurectomy1857
sympathectomy1900
gangliectomy1901
ganglionectomy1901
vagotomy1906
rhizotomy1910
phrenicotomy1913
cordotomy1923
ramisection1924
ramisectomy1924
phrenicectomy1926
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Neurectome,..neurectomy.
1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 799 Carnochan was the first to perform neurectomy beyond the spheno-palatine ganglion for the relief of persistent neuralgia.
1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 11 June 1280/2 Neurectomy promises to be of greater value in the painful affections of the head and face.
1914 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 205 64 In the treatment of a neuralgia a neurectomy is performed.
1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) vii. 570 Frey's syndrome..(gustatory sweating)—here tympanic neurectomy may help.
1991 Saudi Med. Jrnl. 12 138/1 Muscle release with anterior branch obturator neurectomy for lateral migration of the hip was carried out in 71 cerebral palsied hips.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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