Ostectomy
[o-stek-tuh-mee] /ɒˈstɛk tə mi/
noun, plural ostectomies. Surgery.
1.
excision of part or all of a bone.
ostectomy os·tec·to·my (ŏs-těk’tə-mē)
n.
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