adrenalectomizev.
/əˌdriːnlˈɛktəmʌɪz/, /əˌdriːnəˈlɛktəmʌɪz/, U.S. /əˌdrinlˈɛktəˌmaɪz/, /əˌdrinəˈlɛktəˌmaɪz/ Surgery and Medicine.
transitive. To perform adrenalectomy on.
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1917 Arch. Internal Med. 19 600 Control animals which have been starved, but not adrenalectomized, receiving the same amounts of sugar per kilo body weight, show abundant glycogen granules in the liver cells.
1929 Arch. Surg. 19 280 Twenty-six rabbits were adrenalectomized during the course of the experiment.
2000 R. Katzman in R. Katzman & K. Blick Alzheimer Dis. vii. 256 Although I became very skilled at adrenalectomizing rats, I learned I would never become a surgeon.
2005 J. R. Seckl et al. in T. Streckler et al. Handbk. Stress & Brain iii. iii. 323/2 Glucocorticoids are maintained at low levels, by adrenalectomising the rats and replacing with low-dose corticosterone.
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