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cyclotomy

American

[sahy-klot-uh-mee] / saɪˈklɒt ə mi /

noun

Surgery. incision of the ciliary muscle.
Geometry. the process of dividing a circle into a specific number of equal parts.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

cyclotomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of cyclotomy

First recorded in 1875–80; cyclo- + -tomy

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