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mysiotomy

mysiotomy is the misspelling of myotomy.

Meaning of myotomy

Noun

myotomy (plural myotomies)

  1. The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ.
    • If a hyperdeviation is present in an eye treated with such a myotomy of a horizontal rectus, the proximal myotomy should begin above to shift the insertion downward and make the horizontal rectus more effective as a depressor.1993, Eugene M. Helveston, Surgical Management of Strabismus: An Atlas of Strabismus Surgery, page 235
  2. (dated) An anatomical dissection of a body, especially one used for instructional purposes.

Forms of mysiotomy

pluralmysiotomies

Words formed from mysiotomy

Questions about mysiotomy

What is mysiotomy the misspelling of?
Mysiotomy is the misspelling of myotomy.

Words near mysiotomy in the dictionary

  1. mysidacean
  2. mysidaceans
  3. myside
  4. myside bias
  5. mysids
  6. mysiotomy
  7. mysis
  8. Myslinski
  9. Myslinskis
  10. Mysliwiec
  11. Mysliwiecs

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