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English
Etymology
From sequestrum + -otomy.
Noun
sequestrotomy (plural sequestrotomies)
- (medicine, obsolete) Surgical removal of a sequestrum, or piece of dead bone that has become separated due to necrosis.
1885, G.G. Eitel, “Osteomyelitis”, in Northwestern Lancet, page 62:The patient passed out of my hands, was finally taken to a hospital and a sequestrotomy performed after which he made a good recovery.