septectomyn.
/sɛpˈtɛktəmi/, U.S. /sɛpˈtɛktəmi/ Surgery.
1. Partial or total excision of the nasal septum; an instance of this.
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1904 Rep. Commissioners District of Columbia 1903–4 I. 611/2 (table) in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (58th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. 7) Septectomy for nasal syphilis.
1958 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 96 752/2 Concomitant submucous septectomy was performed upon thirty-two of these patients.
1986 T. Olson Woman who escaped from Shame ii. 26 Their noses were white, bandaged with adhesive tape and splints: septectomies and rhinoplasties.
2007 Arch. Facial Plastic Surg. 9 361/2 (caption) After total septectomy with resection of all of the nasal cartilages and midline nasal bones.
2. Partial excision of the atrial septum (typically performed as part of the treatment of congenital cardiac malformations); an instance of this.
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1962 Amer. Practitioner 13 447 (table) Atrial Septectomy + PA [= pulmonary artery] Banding.
1977 Lancet 18 June 1275/2 At the age of 4 weeks the pulmonary artery was banded,..and atrial septectomy was performed.
2012 A. N. Seale & P. J. Kilner in M. A. Syed & R. H. Mohiaddin Magn. Resonance Imaging Congenital Heart Dis. x. 163/2 Sufficient intracardiac mixing is also important, with an atrial septostomy or surgical septectomy being required in the first few days of life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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