strabotomy

American

[struh-bot-uh-mee] / strəˈbɒt ə mi /

noun

Surgery.

the operation of cutting one or more of the muscles of the eye to correct strabismus.

strabotomy British

/ strəˈbɒtəmɪ /

noun

a former method of treating strabismus by surgical division of one or more muscles of the eye

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noun

strabotomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of strabotomy

1855–60; < Greek strabó ( s ) ( see strabismus) + -tomy

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As in strabotomy we cannot get at the obliques, it seems all the more desirable to offer them stronger resistance by greater tension of the internus by means of advancement.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

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