rhizotomy
/rʌɪˈzɒtəmi/noun
1Medical herbalism or botany. Compare rhizotomist historical rare.
2 Surgery. Surgical division of a spinal nerve root, typically to relieve pain or spasticity; an instance of this.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Robley Dunglison (1798–1869), physician and medical writer. From rhizo- + -tomy.
- Double Gloucester
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- double harness
- double-headed
- double-header
- double helix
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- double jeopardy
- double-jointed
- double-jointedness
- double-knit
- double knitting
- double lock
- double meaning
- double napoleon
- double negation
- double negative
- doubleness
- double obelisk
- double obelus
- double or quits (double or nothing)
- double-park
- double play
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