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- noun surgery The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable
brain surgery ; hemicraniotomy.
Etymologies
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From hemi- + cranium + -ectomy
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Dr. Fessler, the Northwestern neurosurgeon, on Sunday night performed a "hemicraniectomy," in which a 4-inch-by-8-inch portion of Sen. Kirk's skull was removed so the brain had room to swell without further injuring itself.
Stricken Senator Makes Progress Thomas M. Burton 2012
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