What does dactylectomy mean?
Dactylectomy means (rare) The amputation of a finger..
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/ˌdæktɪˈlɛktəmɪ/ · noun
(rare) The amputation of a finger..
[…] it would appear that amputation or dactylectomy is definitely contraindicated. Of the four patients whose digits were amputated (and who were not included in this series), no change in the prognosis of their general condition was found […]
There was also criticism of Clover, the foremost anæsthetist of his day, who had laid down the rules of administering anæsthæsia since the first use of it under his direction in November 1847, by chloroform, for a dactylectomy.
Did you consider multiple dactylectomy? Perhaps if she could only count to 2…
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Dactylectomy means (rare) The amputation of a finger..
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[…] it would appear that amputation or dactylectomy is definitely contraindicated. Of the four patients whose digits were amputated (and who were not included in this series), no change in the prognosis of their general condition was found […]
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