Medical Definition of Sphincterectomy

1. 1. Excision of a portion of the pupillary border of the iris. 2. Dissecting away any sphincter muscle. Origin: sphincter + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphincterectomy

spherospermia
spherular
spherule
spherule
spherules
spherulite
spherulite
spherulites
spherulitic
sphery
sphex
sphincter
sphincter
sphincteral
sphincteralgia
sphincterectomy (current term)
sphincteric
sphincteric
sphincterismus
sphincteritis
sphincteroid
sphincteroid tract of ileum
sphincterolysis
sphincteroplasty
sphincteroscope
sphincteroscopy
sphincterotome
sphincterotomy
sphincters
sphincter angularis

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