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corticotomy

corticotomy noun: the cutting of the cortex of a bone.

Noun

corticotomy (plural corticotomies)

  1. The cutting of the cortex of a bone

Forms of corticotomy

pluralcorticotomies

Origin of corticotomy

From cortico- + -tomy.

Questions about corticotomy

What does corticotomy mean?
Corticotomy means the cutting of the cortex of a bone.
What part of speech is corticotomy?
Corticotomy is a noun.
What is the plural of corticotomy?
The plural of corticotomy is corticotomies.

Words near corticotomy in the dictionary

  1. corticothalamocerebellar
  2. corticothalamocortical
  3. corticotherapies
  4. corticotherapy
  5. corticotomies
  6. corticotomy
  7. corticotrope
  8. corticotropes
  9. corticotroph
  10. corticotrophic
  11. corticotrophin

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