maxillectomy

noun

maxillectomy

noun

Etymology From maxilla + -ectomy.

1

surgical removal of the maxilla

  • The patient underwent partial maxillectomy and a split-thickness skin graft under general anesthesia in late February 2013 in the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.2015 August 2, Masanori Kudoh et al., “Massive Neurilemoma of the Hard Plate in Which Preoperative Diagnosis Was Difficult”, in Case Reports in Surgery, volume 2015, →DOI:
Derived terms
hemimaxillectomy

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