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im·mu·no·sym·pa·thec·to·my | \ -ˌsim-pə-ˈthek-tə-mē 
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\ plural immunosympathectomies
Medical Definition of immunosympathectomy
: the destruction of neurons of the sympathetic nervous system in newborn laboratory animals (as mice or rats) by the injection of antiserum to nerve growth factor
Other Words from immunosympathectomy
immunosympathectomized or chiefly British immunosympathectomised \ -ˌmīzd \ adjective
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