释义 |
ostectomy Surg.|ɒˈstɛktəmɪ| Also † osteectomy |ɒstɪˈɛktəmɪ|. [f. osteo- or osteo- + -ectomy.] (See quots.)
1894Gould Dict. Med. 946/1 Osteectomy, excision of a portion of bony tissue. 1900Dorland Med. Dict. 465/2 Ostectomy, osteectomy, the excision of a bone. 1969Gloss. Terms Dentistry (B.S.I.) 36 Ostectomy, the division of a bone at two points with removal of the intervening portion of bone. This procedure is, in effect, similar to a resection..but the term ‘ostectomy’ is reserved for operations designed to correct some structural deformity of a congenital, developmental, or acquired nature whereas ‘resection’ applies to the removal of diseased bone. 1977Proc. R. Soc. Med. LXX. 432/1 Bell & Dann (1973) found no changes in the surgically repositioned bone and only small changes in incisor overbite and overjet in 25 patients following anterior maxillary ostectomies and lower labial segmental procedures. |