endarterectomy

noun end·ar·ter·ec·to·my \ˌen-ˌdär-tə-ˈrek-tə-mē\

plural end·ar·ter·ec·to·mies

Definition of ENDARTERECTOMY

: surgical removal of the inner layer of an artery when thickened and atheromatous or occluded (as by intimal plaques)

New Latin endarterium intima of an artery (from end- + arteria artery) + English -ectomy

First Known Use: 1974

Medical Dictionary

noun end·ar·ter·ec·to·my \ˌen-ˌdärt-ə-ˈrek-tə-mē\

plural end·ar·ter·ec·to·mies

: surgical removal of the inner layer of an artery when thickened and atheromatous or occluded (as by intimal plaques)

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