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re•can•al•i•za•tion
(rē kan′l ə zā′shən, rē′kə nal′-),USA pronunciation n. [Surg.]
- Medicine, Surgerythe reopening of a previously occluded passageway within a blood vessel.
- re- + canalize + -ation 1950–55