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endarterectomy
endarterectomy n.
Brit. 
/ˌɛndɑːtəˈrɛktəmi/
, /ˌɛndɑːtəˈrɛktəmi/U.S. /ˌɛndɑrdəˈrɛktəmi/
(also (now rare) ˌendarteˈriectomy) Surgery an operation to remove part of the diseased inner lining of an artery, as when it is atheromatous; cf. thromboendarterectomy n. at thrombo- comb. form ./ˌɛndɑrdəˈrɛktəmi/ΘΚΠ
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perplication1656
angiotomy1706
aneurysmectomy1909
thrombectomy1909
recanalization1913
thromboendarterectomy1948
endarterectomy1950
1950 Proc. Royal Soc. Med. 43 548 At the present time the indications for recanalizing endarteriectomy should be restricted to cases of arteritis of non-acute form.
1974 R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery vi. 118/1 In selected patients the condition [sc. intestinal angina] can be ameliorated by arterial bypass or endarterectomy.
1978 Sci. Amer. Apr. 64/1 Endarterectomy is now a standard method of reestablishing blood flow through the extracranial arteries of the neck.
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