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SYMPATHECTOMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sympathectomy" is a kind of...):
ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)