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tenotomy Surg.|təˈnɒtəmɪ|
[ad. F. tenotomie: see teno- and -tomy.]
Cutting or division of a tendon; also attrib., as tenotomy knife. So ˈtenotome |ˈtɛnətəʊm|, a surgeon's slender knife for (subcutaneous) division of tendons; teˈnotomist, a surgeon who performs tenotomy; teˈnotomize v. trans., to perform tenotomy upon.
1842Lancet 31 Dec. 509/1 Discussions in the Académie Royale de la Médicine on the subject of Tenotomy, or the section of the muscular tendons for the relief of club-foot and other..deformities. Ibid., There are two classes of tenotomists, the scientific and able.., and the empirical, or ignorant operators. 1846F. Brittan tr. Malgaigne's Man. Oper. Surg. 7 Subcutaneous Incisions..may be made with the common straight bistoury, with the tenotome or tendon⁓knife, or any other special instrument. 1872T. G. Thomas Dis. Women (ed. 3) 123 Performed subcutaneously by an ordinary tenotomy knife. 1891Cent. Dict., Tenotomize. 1901A. H. Tubby in Lancet 12 Jan. 91/2 The tendons on the radial side were tenotomised. |