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myotomy|maɪˈɒtəmɪ|
[ad. mod.L. myotomia, f. Gr. µυ(ο)-, µῦ-ς muscle + τοµή, -τοµία cutting.]
1. Dissection of muscles; muscular anatomy.
1676Ray Corr. (1848) 123 Mr. Willughby himself hath left a myotome [sic] of a swan. 1727–52Chambers Cycl., Myotomy, myotomia, an anatomical dissection, or demonstration of the muscles.
2. The surgical division of a muscle.
1871Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Nov. 578 On Intraocular Myotomy. By Augustin Prichard. 1878tr. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. XIV. 852 The defect may..be due to an habitual spasm of the genioglossi,..which may necessitate myotomy. |