myectomy

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English

Etymology

From myo- +‎ -ectomy.

Pronunciation

Noun

myectomy (plural myectomies)

  1. (surgery) The removal or the thinning of muscle tissue
    • 2015 June 10, Jasmina Alajbegovic-Halimic et al., “Recession Vs Myotomy–Comparative Analysis of Two Surgical Procedures of Weakening Inferior Oblique Muscle Overaction”, in Medical Archives, volume 69, →DOI:
      He observed a persistent inferior oblique muscle overaction in 37% of patients and inferior oblique muscle underaction in 8% of patients after an inferior oblique muscle myectomy and 13% incidence of inferior oblique muscle adhesive syndrome when the myectomy was performed at the inferior oblique muscle insertion ( 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 ).