cardiectomy(心切除术):一种外科手术,指切除全部或部分心脏的手术操作。该词非常少见,多出现在专业医学语境中;在实际临床中更常见的是与心脏切除/切除部分结构相关的更具体术式表述。
/ˌkɑːrdiˈɛktəmi/
The surgeon described cardiectomy as an extremely rare procedure.
外科医生将心切除术描述为一种极其罕见的手术。
In early experimental surgery literature, cardiectomy was discussed mainly in relation to animal studies and the limits of cardiac physiology.
在早期实验外科文献中,心切除术主要与动物研究以及心脏生理学的极限问题相关联。
cardi- 来自希腊语 kardia(心脏),**-ectomy** 来自希腊语 ektomē(切除)。合起来字面意思就是“切除心脏”。