noun
surgical removal of a blood clot (thrombus) from a blood vessel
• Hypernyms: ↑ablation, ↑extirpation, ↑cutting out, ↑excision
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/throm bek"teuh mee/, n., pl. thrombectomies.
surgical removal of a blood clot from a blood vessel.
[‡1960-65; THROMB(US) + -ECTOMY]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.