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(surgery) The procedure to remove one or more of the parathyroid glands.
Use parathyroidectomy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Parathyroidectomy means (surgery) The procedure to remove one or more of the parathyroid glands.
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