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LARYNGECTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does laryngectomy mean?
• LARYNGECTOMY (noun)
The noun LARYNGECTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical removal of part or all of the larynx (usually to treat cancer of the larynx)
Familiarity information: LARYNGECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical removal of part or all of the larynx (usually to treat cancer of the larynx)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("laryngectomy" is a kind of...):
ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
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