osteotomy

[ os-tee-ot-uh-mee ]

noun

, Surgery.

, plural os·te·ot·o·mies.

1. the dividing of a bone, or the excision of part of it.

osteotomy

/ ˌɒstɪˈɒtəmɪ /

noun

1. the surgical cutting or dividing of bone, usually to correct a deformity

Other Words From

• oste·oto·mist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of osteotomy¹

First recorded in 1835–45; osteo- + -tomy

Example Sentences

On April 5th, three weeks after the osteotomy, a lipoma was removed from another patient aged twenty-one years.

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The osteotomy had been performed under carbolic acid spray and with all the details of antiseptic surgery.

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Above the age of six, the choice lies between osteoclasis and osteotomy.

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In performing osteotomy the bone is either simply divided or a segment is resected.

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These deformities may be corrected by supra-condylar osteotomy of the humerus.

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