strabotomy

[ struh-bot-uh-mee ]

/ strəˈbɒt ə mi /

noun, plural stra·bot·o·mies. Surgery.

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

Words nearby strabotomy

str., strabane, strabismometer, strabismus, strabo, strabotomy, strachey, straddle, straddle the fence, straddle truck, stradella

Origin of strabotomy

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

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British Dictionary definitions for strabotomy

strabotomy

/ (strəˈbɒtəmɪ) /

noun plural -mies

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

Word Origin for strabotomy

C19: from French strabotomie, from Greek strabos squinting + -tomy

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Medical definitions for strabotomy

strabotomy

[ strə-bŏt′ə-mē ]

n.

Surgical division of one or more of the ocular muscles or their tendons for the correction of strabismus.