Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Surgical removal of a nerve or part of a nerve.
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- n. The surgical excision of a nerve
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The operation of excising or cutting out a part of a nerve.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. surgical removal of all or part of a nerve
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mapping a gene for neuropathic pain-related behavior following peripheral neurectomy in the mouse.
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The procedure is called a presacral neurectomy, and it involves the cutting of nerve fibers that lead directly to your uterus and pelvis.
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-- In addition to the sequelæ we have mentioned, it is urged against the operation of neurectomy that one of the first effects of depriving the foot of the sense of touch is a tendency on the part of the animal to stumble.
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Sooner than risk neurectomy, it seems to us wiser to give a trial to the operation advocated by M.G. Joly, namely, that of ligaturing one of the digital arteries on each affected foot.
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'To command success in neurectomy three considerations demand attention:
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So far as we have been able to gather from the writings of other practitioners, however, neurectomy returns the animal for a time to usefulness.
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-- Lameness had almost disappeared; so much so, that the opinion as to navicular disease was confirmed, and neurectomy was performed.
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History of canker of navicular disease of neurectomy
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-- On account of the warning they convey to the surgeon, first place among the sequelæ of neurectomy must be given to accidents following loss of sensation.
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-- The neurectomy needle (Fig. 60) is now taken, and, excluding the other structures, passed under the nerve.
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