Meaning Of The Word Sympathectomy

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Sympathectomy Meaning

Sympathectomy Definition
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What's The Definition Of Sympathectomy?

sympathectomy in American English
the interruption by surgical means of part of the sympathetic nervous system
noun: surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system

sympathectomy in British English
noun: the surgical excision or chemical destruction (chemical sympathectomy) of one or more parts of the sympathetic nervous system

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