osteotomy
(ɒstiːˈɒtəmɪ)
[f. osteo- + Gr. -τοµία cutting.]
a. Anat. Dissection of the bones. b. Surg. The cutting of a bone in order to correct a deformity, etc.
| 1844 Dunglison Dict. Med., Osteotomy..The part of practical anatomy whose object is the dissection of bones. 1862 N. Syd. Soc. Year-bk. Med. 272 Deformity of the Leg, consequent on badly-united Fracture of both bones, cured by Osteotomy. 1876 Clin. Soc. Trans. IX. 162 Mr. Maunder's ‘On Subcutaneous Osteotomy’. |