"rhizotomy" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rhizo",
        "3": "tomy"
      },
      "expansion": "rhizo- + -tomy",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From rhizo- + -tomy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rhizotomies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "rhizotomy (plural rhizotomies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with rhizo-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -tomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Surgery",
          "orig": "en:Surgery",
          "parents": [
            "Medicine",
            "Biology",
            "Healthcare",
            "Sciences",
            "Health",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "glycerol rhizotomy"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal nerve roots in order to relieve pain, or reduce muscle spasms."
      ],
      "id": "en-rhizotomy-en-noun-Mti8F7Bc",
      "links": [
        [
          "surgery",
          "surgery"
        ],
        [
          "surgical",
          "surgical"
        ],
        [
          "procedure",
          "procedure"
        ],
        [
          "anterior",
          "anterior"
        ],
        [
          "posterior",
          "posterior"
        ],
        [
          "spinal",
          "spinal"
        ],
        [
          "nerve",
          "nerve"
        ],
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal nerve roots in order to relieve pain, or reduce muscle spasms."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "rhizotomous"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rhizotomy"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "glycerol rhizotomy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rhizo",
        "3": "tomy"
      },
      "expansion": "rhizo- + -tomy",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From rhizo- + -tomy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rhizotomies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "rhizotomy (plural rhizotomies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "rhizotomous"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with rhizo-",
        "English terms suffixed with -tomy",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Surgery"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal nerve roots in order to relieve pain, or reduce muscle spasms."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surgery",
          "surgery"
        ],
        [
          "surgical",
          "surgical"
        ],
        [
          "procedure",
          "procedure"
        ],
        [
          "anterior",
          "anterior"
        ],
        [
          "posterior",
          "posterior"
        ],
        [
          "spinal",
          "spinal"
        ],
        [
          "nerve",
          "nerve"
        ],
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal nerve roots in order to relieve pain, or reduce muscle spasms."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rhizotomy"
}