hypophysectomy

[ hahy-pof-uh-sek-tuh-mee, hi- ]

noun

, Surgery.

, plural hy·poph·y·sec·to·mies.

1. excision of the pituitary gland.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypophysectomy¹

First recorded in 1905–10; hypophys(is) + -ectomy

Example Sentences

Some who had been resigned to an early death have begun virtually new lives after hypophysectomy controlled the recurrence or spread of colonizing cancers.

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