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thromboendarterectomy

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thromboendarterectomy /throm·bo·end·ar·ter·ec·to·my/ (-end″ahr-ter-ek´tah-me) excision of an obstructing thrombus together with a portion of the inner lining of the obstructed artery.
throm·bo·end·ar·ter·ec·to·my (thrmb-ndär-t-rkt-m)
n.
An operation to remove a thrombus along with the intima and atheromatous material from an occluded artery.

thromboendarterectomy
[-en′′därtərek′təmē]
removal of thrombus and atherosclerotic inner lining from an obstructed artery.

thromboendarterectomy [throm″bo-en″dar-ter-ek´-tah-me]
excision of an obstructing thrombus together with a portion of the inner lining of the obstructed artery.

thromboendarterectomy
excision of an obstructing thrombus together with a portion of the inner lining of the obstructed artery.


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