Medical Dictionary

diskectomy

noun disk·ec·to·my
plural disk·ec·to·mies

Medical Definition of DISKECTOMY

:  surgical removal of an intervertebral disk

Variants of DISKECTOMY

disk·ec·to·my also disc·ec·to·my \dis-ˈkek-tə-mē\

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