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chordotomy

chordotomy is the alternative spelling of cordotomy.

Meaning of cordotomy

Noun

cordotomy (plural cordotomies)

  1. The surgical procedure for selectively disabling pain-conducting nerve paths in the spinal cord to relieve chronic pain.

Forms of chordotomy

pluralchordotomies

Questions about chordotomy

What is chordotomy the alternative spelling of?
Chordotomy is the alternative spelling of cordotomy.

Words near chordotomy in the dictionary

  1. chordoplasms
  2. chordopox
  3. chordopoxvirus
  4. chordopoxviruses
  5. chordotomies
  6. chordotomy
  7. chordotonal
  8. chordotonals
  9. chords
  10. chordwise
  11. chordwork

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chordotomy (page history and authors); cordotomy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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