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OSTEOTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does osteotomy mean?
• OSTEOTOMY (noun)
The noun OSTEOTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical sectioning of bone
Familiarity information: OSTEOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical sectioning of bone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("osteotomy" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
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