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laryngo-fissure

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In surgery, the division of the thyroid cartilage.

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  • In early and limited forms of intrinsic cancer laryngo-fissure (thyreotomy) gives good results; in more advanced cases the entire larynx must be removed -- _complete laryngectomy_ -- and at the same time, or after an interval, the associated lymph glands are removed from the anterior triangle of the neck on both sides.

    Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893

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