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