mastoidectomyn.
/ˌmastɔɪˈdɛktəmi/, U.S. /ˌmæstɔɪˈdɛktəmi/ Surgery.
Surgical removal of the lateral wall and contents of the mastoid process, usually to treat mastoiditis; (later also, chiefly in (modified) radical mastoidectomy) this procedure combined with excision of some or all of the adjacent middle ear structures. Also: an instance of such a procedure.
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terebrationc1400
trepanationc1400
trepanning1670
scalping1739
trephining1862
trephination1874
mastoidectomy1898
trephine1958
1898 Laryngoscope 4 365 But the now perfected mastoidectomy, even with its tympanic communication, established under the best antiseptic measures,..left more to be desired.
1909 Practitioner Nov. 695 I have of late reserved the operation of mastoidectomy for cases of mastoid abscess in the acute stage with local signs.
1956 Arch. Otol. 63 248/1 The surgery included both mastoidectomies (endaural and postauricular approach) and fenestrations.
1987 E. Simpson Orphans (1988) i. ii. 32 My father..had had his intuition verified the winter I had a mastoidectomy.
1995 N.Z. Med. Jrnl. 108 410 Children as young as seven years of age required modified radical mastoidectomy for treatment of otorrhea due to cholesteatoma.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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