"myotomy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /maɪˈɒt.ə.mi/ [UK], /maɪˈɑ.tə.mi/ [US] Forms: myotomies [plural]
Etymology: From myo- + -tomy. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|myo-|-tomy}} myo- + -tomy Head templates: {{en-noun}} myotomy (plural myotomies)
  1. (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ. Categories (topical): Surgery Translations (surgical procedure of cutting a muscle): miotomia [feminine] (Catalan)
    Sense id: en-myotomy-en-noun-OW09evqW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with myo-, English terms suffixed with -tomy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with myo-: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tomy: 61 39 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery Disambiguation of 'surgical procedure of cutting a muscle': 94 6
  2. (dated) An anatomical dissection of a body, especially one used for instructional purposes. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-myotomy-en-noun-cz6prZ7Y Categories (other): English terms prefixed with myo- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with myo-: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Heller myotomy Related terms: myotome

Inflected forms

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