Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Surgical removal of the thyroid gland.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Excision of a part or the whole of the thyroid gland or of the thyroid cartilage.

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  • noun surgery The surgical removal of the thyroid gland.

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  • noun surgical removal of the thyroid gland

Etymologies

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thyroid +‎ -ectomy

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Examples

  • In general, though, that would be specified as "partial", even though to be precise he should have specified a total thyroidectomy, which is what she'd had.

    Archive 2008-02-01 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • Prior to thyroidectomy, annual biochemical screening is recommended in individuals with MEN2A from the time of diagnosis.

    Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 2009

  • Recent 2009 clinical guidelines by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network suggest thyroidectomy by age 5 years in patients with MEN2A and FMTC, though it can be deferred until an abnormal stimulated plasma calcitonin level is detected in individuals with certain low-risk mutations.

    Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 2009

  • If I have the schedules right, my mother should be out of surgery (she was scheduled for the 26th Down Under, and it's now the 27th there) and in recovery and on track to getting her voice back after the thyroidectomy.

    Insert amusing Twitter-related title here. 2009

  • Risk-reducing prophylactic thyroidectomy (surgical removal of the entire thyroid gland) and sometimes parathyroidectomy (surgical removal of the parathyroid glands) may be necessary shortly after birth in children with more severe RET alterations.

    Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 2009

  • Your child will need either a lobectomy or a total thyroidectomy.

    Pediatric surgery: Thyroid Nodules 2008

  • In a total thyroidectomy, the surgeon removes the entire thyroid.

    Pediatric surgery: Thyroid Nodules 2008

  • This unpleasant exchange took place shortly after my thyroidectomy, the treatment for my thyroid cancer.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009

  • This unpleasant exchange took place shortly after my thyroidectomy, the treatment for my thyroid cancer.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009

  • When these treatment options fail to alleviate symptoms a thyroidectomy is used in which the entire thyroid gland is removed.

    Treatment options for thyroid problems 2008

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