Crossword clues for sympathectomy
Wiktionary
sympathectomy
n. (context neurosurgery English) The surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system.
WordNet
sympathectomy
n. surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system
Wikipedia
Sympathectomy
A sympathectomy is an irreversible procedure during which at least one sympathetic ganglion is removed.
An example is endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy.
Category:Neurosurgery
Usage examples of "sympathectomy".
About a week previously we had done a lumbar sympathectomy, cutting the nerves that were responsible for contracting the walls of the blood vessels of his lower legs.