Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical removal of mastoid cells or part or all of the mastoid process.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A surgical operation for the excavation of the mastoid process.
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- noun surgery The surgical procedure to remove part or all of the
mastoid process .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun surgical removal of some or all of the mastoid process
Etymologies
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No officer, my mother had a double mastoidectomy the year before I was born.
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No officer, my mother had a double mastoidectomy the year before I was born.
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Performing a mastoidectomy, a group of operations on the temporal bone and middle ear to drain, expo ...
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Performing a mastoidectomy, a group of operations on the temporal bone and middle ear to drain, expo ...
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The CG was removed by a mastoidectomy procedure and the histopathologic report confirmed the diagnosis of CG.
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Performing a mastoidectomy, a group of operations on the temporal bone and middle ear to drain, expo ...
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