n. Excision of a part or the whole of the thyroid gland or of the thyroid cartilage.
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n. surgical removal of the thyroid gland
Word Usage
"In general, though, that would be specified as "partial", even though to be precise he should have specified a total thyroidectomy, which is what she'd had."