ramisectomy
/ˌramɪˈsɛktəmi/ /ˌreɪmɪˈsɛktəmi/(also ramusectomy) Surgery. Now rare
noun
Surgical division or partial excision of a sympathetic ramus communicans, performed to produce sympathetic denervation; surgical sympathectomy; an instance of this.
Origin
1920s. Irregularly from ramus + -ectomy. In some forms probably after ramisection (although this is first attested slightly later).
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