adrenalectomyn.
/əˌdriːnlˈɛktəmi/, /əˌdriːnəˈlɛktəmi/, U.S. /əˌdrinlˈɛktəmi/, /əˌdrinəˈlɛktəmi/ Surgery and Medicine.
Surgical excision of one or both adrenal glands; an instance of this. In later use also: suppression or abolition of the synthesis of adrenal hormone by means of drugs.
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1903 Detroit Med. Jrnl. 3 64/1 He shows that a toxic dose of quinin, or arsenic, the symptoms of cholera, etc., are similar to those following a double adrenalectomy.
1946 Lancet 3 Aug. 179/2 Adrenalectomy has not proved a satisfactory method of treating patients in whom prostatic cancer shows recrudescence after relief through castration.
1956 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 21 724/1 Since cortisone suppressed adrenal function, it was a natural corollary that cortisone be used to produce ‘chemical adrenalectomy’ in far advanced cancer of the breast.
1999 Nursing Times 4 Aug. 98/1 (advt.) A number of beds will also be used for endocrine surgery including parathyroidectomy and adrenalectomy.
2006 L. J. DeGroot & J. L. Jameson Endocrinology (ed. 5) III. clxvi. 3073/2 Eventually, medical therapies for inducing adrenalectomy with drugs such as aminoglutethimide were identified.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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