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Craniotomy
Meaning
Noun
●
In Surgery:
The
surgical procedure
for
removing
a part of the
skull
, called a
bone
flap
,
prior to
a treatment. The
bone
flap
is
replaced
at the
end of
the operation.
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Origin
craniotomy
English
-tomy
English
τέμνω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
cranio-
English
Sourced from
Etym
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