Meanings
nounmyotomy (plural myotomies)
plural myotomies
- medicineThe surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ.
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 - datedAn anatomical dissection of a body, especially one used for instructional purposes.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*múHs
- Proto-Hellenic*mū́s
- Ancient Greekμῦς (mûs)
- Englishmyo-
- Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
- Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
- Englishmyotomy
Translations
Catalan miotomia
- miotomiasurgical procedure of cutting a muscle
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