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Definition of Rhizotomy

1. Noun. Surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms.

Definition of Rhizotomy

1. Noun. The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal nerve roots in order to relieve pain, or reduce muscle spasms. ¹

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Definition of Rhizotomy

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Medical Definition of Rhizotomy

1. Surgical interruption of a spinal or cranial nerve root. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhizotomy

Literary usage of Rhizotomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lasting Salute: Civil & Military Funerals 1921-1969 by B. C. Mossman, M. W. Stark (1995)
"Dorsal rhizotomy. Selective ablation of the dorsal nerve root reduces ... Multilevel dorsal rhizotomy of all roots supplying an extremity leads to a ..."

2. The Practice of surgery by James Gregory Mumford (1914)
"rhizotomy, or resection of the posterior roots of spinal nerves, was first done in 1888 by ... rhizotomy has been employed for the gastric crises of tabes. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... in the torso or extremities, emphasizing the indications for and the advantages and the problems associated with sympathec- tomy, posterior rhizotomy, ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"... Technique of rhizotomy, Lumbar Puncture, Intraspinal Therapy, Spinal Anesthesia, Laminectomy, ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"Other chapters are given to surgery of the spinal roots, rhizotomy, lumbar puncture, intraspinal therapy ..."

6. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"In Alexandria medicine was divided into surgery, dietetics, and rhizotomy or pharmacy. ' I swear by Apollo, the physician, by Asklepios, by Hygeia, ..."

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