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Definition: Sympathectomy |
SympathectomyNoun1. Surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The removal or interruption of some part of the sympathetic nervous system for therapeutic or research purposes. (references) |
Medicine | The operation for the removal of the dorsal and lumbar sympathetic trunk or parts thereof. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Sympathectomy |
| Specialty definitions using "sympathectomy": smithwick, Smithwick operation, Sympathectomy, Chemical. (references) |
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Health | Sympathectomy, also called sympathetic blockade, in which a drug or an agent such as guanethidine is used to eliminate pain in a specific area (a limb, for example). (references) | |
In some cases, surgical or chemical sympathectomy — interruption of the affected portion of the sympathetic nervous system — is necessary to relieve pain. Surgical sympathectomy involves cutting the nerve or nerves, destroying the pain almost instantly. (references) | ||
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| Language | Translations for "sympathectomy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | sympatektomi. (various references) | ||||
Dutch | sympathicectomie, sympathectomie. (various references) | ||||
French | sympathicectomie, sympathectomie. (various references) | ||||
German | Sympathektomie. (various references) | ||||
Italian | simpaticectomia, simpatectomia. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ympathectomysay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-m-m-o-p-s-t-t-y-y" | |
-3 letters: mastectomy, thymectomy, thymocytes. | |
-4 letters: asymptote, mycetomas, thymocyte. | |
-5 letters: amethyst, apothems, chayotes, hemostat, homestay, moschate, mycetoma, myopathy, postheat, scyphate, stomachy, sympathy, typecast. | |
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