Definition of "mastoidectomy" []

• Surgical removal of mastoid cells or part or all of the mastoid process. (noun)

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• "No officer, my mother had a double mastoidectomy the year before I was born."
• "Performing a mastoidectomy, a group of operations on the temporal bone and middle ear to drain, expo ..."
• "The CG was removed by a mastoidectomy procedure and the histopathologic report confirmed the diagnosis of CG."