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costotomy

American

[ko-stot-uh-mee] / kɒˈstɒt ə mi /

noun

Surgery.

incision of a rib.

costotomy British

/ kɒˈstɒtəmɪ /

noun

surgical incision into a rib

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Noun Inflected Forms

costotomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of costotomy

costo- + -tomy

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