<procedure> Operative removal of a sequestrum. ... Synonym: sequestrotomy. ... Origin: sequestrum + G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
sequestrectomy, sequestrotomy The surgical removal of a sequestrum (a piece of dead bone that has become separated during the process of necrosis from the sound bone). Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1939/