Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
mastoidectomy
mas·toid·ec·to·my [ mas-toi-dek-tuh-mee ]
Subclass of:
Otologic Surgical Procedures
Etymology:
Greek mastos = breast + eidos = resemblance + ektome = excision
Definitions related to mastoidectomy:
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Surgical removal of the diseased cells from the MASTOID PROCESS. It often involves simultaneous resection and/or repair of the MIDDLE EAR and EAR DRUM in MIDDLE EAR CHOLESTEATOMAS and MASTOIDITIS.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Total or partial excision of the mastoid process.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Introduction The mastoid, along with the tympanic, squamous, and petrous bones, form the temporal bone. A number of critical structures are either located within or traverse through the temporal bone.WebMD, 2019
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