Sympathectomy Definition

sĭmpə-thĕktə-mē
sympathectomies
noun
The interruption by surgical means of part of the sympathetic nervous system.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sympathectomy

Noun

Singular:
sympathectomy
Plural:
sympathectomies

Origin of Sympathectomy

  • From sympathetic (nervous system) + -ectomy.

    From Wiktionary

  • sympath(etic) –ectomy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sympathectomy Sentence Examples

  • Occasionally, your specialist may feel an operation, called a sympathectomy, may be of benefit.

  • Comments My boyfriend had a sympathectomy 5 years ago when he was 30 after trauma right below his right collarbone.

  • This selective destruction of certain parts of the sympathetic chain is called Endoscopic Transthoracic sympathectomy or ETS.

  • I am now booked in for a lumbar sympathectomy in March.

  • Improving blood flow to the peripheral limbs with a surgical vascular graft or a chemical sympathectomy.

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