PHIGALIAN
\fɪɡˈe͡ɪli͡ən], \fɪɡˈeɪliən], \f_ɪ_ɡ_ˈeɪ_l_iə_n]\
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Applied to certain celebrated anc. sculptured marbles, twenty-three in number, preserved in the British Museum, found among the ruins of the temple of Apollo Epikouros, or the protector, in the supposed anc. town of Phigalia, in Arcadia.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Percutaneous Atherectomy
- in which atheromatous excised cutting or rotating catheter. differs from balloon and laser angioplasty procedures enlarge vessels dilation but frequently do not remove much plaque. If the plaque is removed by surgical excision under general anesthesia rather than an endovascular procedure through a catheter, it called ENDARTERECTOMY.