Definitions
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- noun surgery The
surgical removal of half of thethyroid gland .
Etymologies
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hemi- + thyroidectomy
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Examples
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"When treatment is elected, the cancers in this category can be managed with either hemithyroidectomy [removal of part of the thyroid] or total thyroidectomy [removal of the complete gland], and the prognosis will be the same," they added.
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(hemithyroidectomy, subtotal thyroidectomy or total thyroidectomy).
unknown title 2009
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(hemithyroidectomy, subtotal thyroidectomy or total thyroidectomy).
unknown title 2009
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