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neurotomy Surg.|njʊˈrɒtəmɪ| [ad. mod.L. neurotomia: see neuro- and -tomy.] The section of a nerve, for the purpose of producing sensory paralysis. (See also early quots.)
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Neurotomy, is an Anatomical Section of the Nerves..; and sometimes also a pricking of the Nerves by unskilful Bleeding. 1755Johnson Neurotomy, the anatomy of the nerves. 1831Youatt Horse 110 These are the fibres which we divide in the operation of neurotomy or nerve-cutting. 1860Syd. Soc. Year-bk. Med. 179 On Facial Neuralgia, and its Cure by Neurotomy. 1887Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Jan. 112/2 The rules which had been gained by studying the effects of neurotomy in horses. |