Usually means: Surgical removal of arterial blockages.
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  1. embolectomy: Merriam-Webster
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  7. embolectomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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▸ noun:  (surgery) Surgical removal of an embolus to relieve an embolism.

Similar:
thromboembolectomy, thrombectomy, angioembolization, blebectomy, embryectomy, embole, lobectomy, umbilectomy, bursectomy, operculectomy, more...

Opposite:
thrombosis, clotting, coagulation

Phrases:
Fogarty embolectomy catheter, more...

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Similar:
thromboembolectomy, thrombectomy, angioembolization, blebectomy, embryectomy, embole, lobectomy, umbilectomy, bursectomy, operculectomy, more...

Opposite:
thrombosis, clotting, coagulation

Phrases:
Fogarty embolectomy catheter, more...



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