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laminectomy Surg.|læmɪˈnɛktəmɪ| [f. lamina + -ectomy.] Excision of one or more of the posterior arches of the vertebræ (each arch being formed by the junction of two laminæ), esp. as a method of access to the spinal canal.
1892Med. Ann. 458 Formerly the operation was called ‘trephining’.., but the trephine is now seldom used, and the term ‘laminectomy’ has been substituted. 1921J. S. Horsley Operative Surg. xvi. 290 The operation by which tumors or other lesions of the spinal cord are approached is laminectomy. 1962Punch 24 Oct. 598/1 That was the worst laminectomy I've seen for months! 1971Canad. Jrnl. Surg. XIV. 229 The spinal cord was decompressed by laminectomy from T3 to T6. |