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laminectomy

lam-ih-NEK-toh-mee

StatusNew

Definition

Surgical removal of part of a vertebral lamina

ProcedureNervous

Breakdown

Root

lamin/o

lamina

Suffix

-ectomy

surgical removal

Etymology

Latin: lamin/o (lamina) + -ectomy (removal)

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