Taber's Medical Dictionary
extirpation
(ek″stĭr-pā′shŏn )
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Extirpation." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769896/all/extirpation.
Extirpation. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769896/all/extirpation. Accessed December 15, 2025.
Extirpation. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769896/all/extirpation
Extirpation [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 December 15]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769896/all/extirpation.
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