See Also: Laminectomy(medicine)
Laminectomy(health)
laminectomy(dictionary)
cervical laminectomy(medicine)
lumbar laminectomy(medicine)

laminectomy (iou)



laminectomy noun. L19.
[from LAMINA + -ECTOMY.]
Surgical removal of one or more of the posterior arches of the vertebrae (each arch being formed by the junction of two laminae), esp. as a method of access to the spinal canal; an instance of this.