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- noun surgery An
incision into thesternum
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Examples
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We got on with the session that day and I took her advice to heart in the coming months, particularly after I had to have a full sternotomy in order to take out my enlarged thymus gland in an attempt to alleviate the MG.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive Jack Canfield 2010
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We got on with the session that day and I took her advice to heart in the coming months, particularly after I had to have a full sternotomy in order to take out my enlarged thymus gland in an attempt to alleviate the MG.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive Jack Canfield 2010
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We got on with the session that day and I took her advice to heart in the coming months, particularly after I had to have a full sternotomy in order to take out my enlarged thymus gland in an attempt to alleviate the MG.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive Jack Canfield 2010
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I slid aside the neckline of the gown to find a large median sternotomy scar—the vertical kind that goes straight down the chest.
Handle with Care JODI PICOULT 2009
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A median sternotomy was performed, and the pericardium was opened.
Medpundit 2005
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A median sternotomy was performed, and the pericardium was opened.
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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"I'm doing a standard sternotomy, " Claire dictated into the mike.
3rd Degree Patterson, James, 1947- 2004
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Archer and Mark were working swiftly and in concert, making a midline sternotomy incision, exposing fascia, then bone.
Harvest Tess Gerritsen 1996
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Archer and Mark were working swiftly and in concert, making a midline sternotomy incision, exposing fascia, then bone.
Harvest Tess Gerritsen 1996
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Archer and Mark were working swiftly and in concert, making a midline sternotomy incision, exposing fascia, then bone.
Harvest Tess Gerritsen 1996
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