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MYOTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does myotomy mean?
• MYOTOMY (noun)
The noun MYOTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical incision or division of a muscle
Familiarity information: MYOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical incision or division of a muscle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("myotomy" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
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