Definition of Mastoidectomy

1. Noun. Surgical removal of some or all of the mastoid process.


Definition of Mastoidectomy

1. Noun. (context: surgery) The surgical procedure to remove part or all of the mastoid process. ¹

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Definition of Mastoidectomy

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Medical Definition of Mastoidectomy

1. Hollowing out of the mastoid process by curretting, gouging, drilling, or otherwise removing the bony partitions forming the mastoid cells. Origin: mastoid (process) + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mastoidectomy

mastoid fontanel
mastoid foramen
mastoid fossa
mastoid groove
mastoid lymph nodes
mastoid margin of occipital bone
mastoid notch
mastoid part of the temporal bone
mastoid process
mastoid processes
mastoid sinuses
mastoid wall of middle ear
mastoidal
mastoidale
mastoidectomies
mastoidectomy (current term)
mastoiditides
mastoiditis
mastoiditises
mastoids
mastology
mastoncus
mastoparan
mastoparans
mastoparietal
mastopathy
mastopexies
mastopexy
mastoplasia
mastoplasties

Literary usage of Mastoidectomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet-clinic by Mississippi Valley Medical Association, Ohio Valley Medical Association (1905)
"About one week after the mastoidectomy the sinus was explored and a disintegrating ... In the third case, twenty-four hours after a mastoidectomy for acute ..."

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