Medical Dictionary

apicectomy

noun apic·ec·to·my \ˌā-pə-ˈsek-tə-mē\
plural apic·ec·to·mies

Medical Definition of APICECTOMY

:  surgical removal of an anatomical apex (as of the root of a tooth or of the petrous portion of the temporal bone)

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