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Definition of Tenotomy
1. n. The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.
Definition of Tenotomy
1. Noun. (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a tendon. ¹
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Definition of Tenotomy
1. the surgical division of a tendon [n -MIES]
Medical Definition of Tenotomy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenotomy
Literary usage of Tenotomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"As tenotomy has lately come to the fore, the literature of this surgical procedure
is briefly reviewed. It will, perhaps, be a surprise to learn that in ..."
2. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"Sharp Pointed tenotomy Knife. FIG. 223.—Blont Pointed tenotomy Knife. Taking as
an example, a tenotomy for a simple equinus Method of club foot, ..."
3. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1908)
"tenotomy is performed upon the internal or external rectus; very rarely, ...
After a properly performed tenotomy of the internus, a convergence to at least ..."
4. Text-book of ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1892)
"tenotomy is performed upon the internal or external rectus ; very rarely, ...
After a properly performed tenotomy of the internus, a convergence to at least ..."
5. Ophthalmic surgery by Josef Meller (1908)
"The same degree of strabismus may in one case call for a tenotomy, and in another
make an advancement of the muscle desirable. ..."