parotidectomyn.
/pəˌrɒtᵻˈdɛktəmi/, U.S. /pəˌrɑdəˈdɛktəmi/ Surgery.
Surgical excision of all or part of a parotid gland; an instance of this.
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adenotomy1777
tonsillotomy1876
thyrotomy1880
thyroidectomy1889
thyroidotomy1890
parotidectomy1893
adenoidectomy1899
parathyroidectomy1899
tonsillectomy1899
thymectomy1905
thyrochondrotomy1911
adenotonsillectomy1916
thyroparathyroidectomy1920
T. & A.1942
1893 R. J. Dunglison Dunglison's Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 21) 825/1 Parotidectomy, operation for excision of the parotid gland.
1951 Marshall & Miles in Surg. Pract. Lahey Clinic 122 The operation may be altered to extensive subtotal parotidectomy.
1974 Lancet 7 Dec. 1353/2 The patient's left parotid gland was explored, found to contain a mixed tumour in the deep lobe and a total parotidectomy was performed.
1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 39/1 Several cases of cystic parotid swelling have now been reported..and they are usually treated by superficial parotidectomy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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