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Webster 1913 Edition
Myotomy
My-ot′o-my
,Noun.
[
Myo-
+ Gr. [GREEK] to cut: cf. F. myotomie
.] The dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of the dissection, of muscles.
Definition 2024
myotomy
myotomy
English
Noun
myotomy (plural myotomies)
- (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ.
- 1993, Eugene M. Helveston, Surgical Management of Strabismus: An Atlas of Strabismus Surgery, page 235
- If a hyperdeviation is present in an eye treated with such a myotomy of a horizontal rectus, the proximal myotomy should begin above to shift the insertion downward and make the horizontal rectus more effective as a depressor.
- 1993, Eugene M. Helveston, Surgical Management of Strabismus: An Atlas of Strabismus Surgery, page 235
- (dated) An anatomical dissection of a body, especially one used for instructional purposes.
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surgical procedure of cutting a muscle
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an anatomical dissection of a body, used for instruction