myotomy
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myotomy (plural myotomies)
- (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ.
- 1993, Eugene M. Helveston, Surgical Management of Strabismus: An Atlas of Strabismus Surgery, page 235:
- 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.
- (dated) An anatomical dissection of a body, especially one used for instructional purposes.
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surgical procedure of cutting a muscle
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an anatomical dissection of a body, used for instruction