debulk
transitive verb
                                                                                                                            
                                                            de·bulk
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  (ˌ)dē-ˈbəlk also -ˈbu̇lk 
                                                      
                                                          
            
                                
              
          
                                                      : to remove all or most of the substance of (a tumor or lesion)                                      
              
                             
surgical debulking of hepatic tumor masses—
Scientific American Medicine Bulletin
                         
                
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