tenotomize

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verb

To perform a tenotomy upon.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

verbtenotomize (third-person singular simple present tenotomizes, present participle tenotomizing, simple past and past participle tenotomized)

present singular third person tenotomizes · participle present tenotomizing · participle past tenotomized · past tenotomized

  1. transitiveTo perform a tenotomy upon.

    Adipocytes, intramuscular fat globules, and intramyocellular fat droplets were observed in the tenotomized and/or neurotomized muscles, which were associated with an increased expression of adipogenic and myogenic factors.

    2016 January 26, “Development of an Arthroscopic Joint Capsule Injury Model in the Canine Shoulder”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

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Chicago

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