STRABOTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strabotomy mean? 

• STRABOTOMY (noun)
  The noun STRABOTOMY has 1 sense:

1. the surgical operation of cutting a muscle or tendon of the eye in order to correct strabismus

  Familiarity information: STRABOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRABOTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The surgical operation of cutting a muscle or tendon of the eye in order to correct strabismus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("strabotomy" 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)