Term: laminectomy: surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: conquistador: an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century)
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: member: an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations)
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: enemy: any hostile group of people
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: gate: passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: elution: the process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions); used to obtain uranium ions
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: litterbin: bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: quasar: a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: trigger: a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: read-only memory: (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: breast: meat carved from the breast of a fowl