Staphylotomy

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Staph`y`lot´o`my

    (~lǒt´ô`mŷ)
n.1.(Surg.) The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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