isthmusectomy

== English == === Etymology === From isthmus +‎ -ectomy. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛktəmi === Noun === isthmusectomy (plural isthmusectomies) Synonym of isthmectomy. ==== Usage notes ==== Several medical dictionaries as of 2017 enter isthmectomy (isthm- +‎ -ectomy) and not isthmusectomy (isthmus +‎ -ectomy); the former word arose earlier (circa 1911 versus circa 1962), but the latter word has been in wider use since the mid-1970s. === References ===