A surgical procedure involving cutting, removal, or division of teeth or tooth tissue.
From Greek 'ede-' (tooth) + '-tomy' (cutting or surgical division). This surgical term uses the standard '-tomy' suffix found in procedures like 'anatomy,' 'vasectomy,' and 'lobotomy.'
Wisdom tooth extraction is actually a form of edeotomy—though most people have never heard the term because dentists stick with simpler names, just like surgeons rarely call appendix removal 'appendectomy' in casual conversation.
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