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osteotomy

/os-tee-ot-uh-mee/US // ˌɒs tiˈɒt ə mi //UK // (ˌɒstɪˈɒtəmɪ) //

截骨术,截骨手术,截肢术,截骨

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural os·te·ot·o·mies.Surgery.

    • : the dividing of a bone, or the excision of part of it.

Examples

  • On April 5th, three weeks after the osteotomy, a lipoma was removed from another patient aged twenty-one years.

  • The osteotomy had been performed under carbolic acid spray and with all the details of antiseptic surgery.

  • Above the age of six, the choice lies between osteoclasis and osteotomy.

  • In performing osteotomy the bone is either simply divided or a segment is resected.

  • These deformities may be corrected by supra-condylar osteotomy of the humerus.