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pulpectomy

[puhl-pek-tuh-mee]

noun

Dentistry.

plural

pulpectomies 
  1. the removal of all the pulp tissue in a tooth in the course of endodontic therapy.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of pulpectomy1

First recorded in 1920–25; pulp + -ectomy

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