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adrenalectomy Surg.|æˌdriːnəlˈɛktəmɪ| [f. prec. + Gr. ἐκτοµή cutting out.] Excision of the adrenal glands. So aˌdre-naˈlectomized ppl. a.
1910Lippincott's New Med. Dict. 22/2 Adrenalectomy, excision of suprarenal body. 1918Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 1 May 103 The following protocols are samples of our negative experiments on adrenalectomized rabbits. 1936Nature 18 July 124/2 A high potassium intake is detrimental to the life of adrenalectomized animals. 1946Lancet 3 Aug. 179/2 Adrenalectomy has not proved a satisfactory method of treating patients in whom prostatic cancer shows recrudescence after relief through castration. |