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noun
The surgical procedure of cutting a bone. This is often performed to either lengthen, shorten, or straighten a bone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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noun
surgical sectioning of bone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3ésth1 Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- Proto-Indo-European *temh1- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English osteotomy From osteo- + -tomy.
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