osteotomy
[ os-tee-ot-uh-mee ]
/ ˌɒs tiˈɒt ə mi /
noun, plural os·te·ot·o·mies. Surgery.
the dividing of a bone, or the excision of part of it.
OTHER WORDS FROM osteotomy
os·te·ot·o·mist, nounWords nearby osteotomy
osteosis cutis,
osteosuture,
osteosynthesis,
osteothrombosis,
osteotome,
osteotomy,
osteotribe,
osteotrite,
ostia,
ostiak,
ostiary
Example sentences from the Web for osteotomy
Above the age of six, the choice lies between osteoclasis and osteotomy.
Osteotomy of the front of the os calcis and neck of the astragalus will at times be necessary for a radical cure.
Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry |Maximilian SternOn April 5th, three weeks after the osteotomy, a lipoma was removed from another patient aged twenty-one years.
The osteotomy had been performed under carbolic acid spray and with all the details of antiseptic surgery.
British Dictionary definitions for osteotomy
osteotomy
/ (ˌɒstɪˈɒtəmɪ) /
noun plural -mies
the surgical cutting or dividing of bone, usually to correct a deformity
Medical definitions for osteotomy
osteotomy
[ ŏs′tē-ŏt′ə-mē ]
n.
Surgical division or sectioning of bone.