ganglionectomyn.
/ˌɡaŋɡlɪəˈnɛktəmi/, U.S. /ˌɡæŋɡliəˈnɛktəmi/ Surgery.
1. Excision of one or more ganglia of the nervous system (cf. ganglion n. 2a); an instance of this.
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neurotomy1704
nerve-cutting1831
neurectomy1857
sympathectomy1900
gangliectomy1901
ganglionectomy1901
vagotomy1906
rhizotomy1910
phrenicotomy1913
cordotomy1923
ramisection1924
ramisectomy1924
phrenicectomy1926
1901 Philadelphia Med. Jrnl. 14 Sept. 433/2 Section of the sensory root..is scarcely less dangerous than ganglionectomy.
1933 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 Oct. 693/2 Large numbers of ganglionectomies have been performed in this country and elsewhere without any observed ill effects.
1970 E. S. Gurdjian & L. M. Thomas Operative Neurosurg. (ed. 3) 463 Leriche used cervical and stellate ganglionectomy with some favorable results.
2005 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A 102 8092/2 Two weeks later cervical sympathetic ganglionectomy and a ventricular pacemaker placement were completed.
2. Excision of a ganglion of a tendon sheath or joint (cf. ganglion n. 1); an instance of this.
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1943 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 59 440 Ganglionectomy of wrist.
1974 H. Kelikian Congenital Deformities Hand & Forearm xxi. 727 Recurrence after ganglionectomy is inevitable unless the dorsally protruding crest of either the third metacarpal or the capitate bone is removed.
2008 J. T. Capo & V. Tan Atlas Minimally Invasive Hand & Wrist Surg. xxxii. 260/2 These authors performed 96 dorsal and 32 volar ganglionectomies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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