osteotomy (redirected from displacement osteotomy)

os·te·ot·o·my  (st-t-m)

n. pl. os·te·ot·o·mies

Surgical division or sectioning of bone.

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oste·oto·mist n.

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osteotomy

1. the dissection or anatomy of bones.
2. the cutting of bones as part of a surgical operation. — osteotomist, n.

See also: Bones

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1. the dissection or anatomy of bones.
2. the cutting of bones as part of a surgical operation. — osteotomist, n.

See also: Surgery

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Noun

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osteotomy - surgical sectioning of bone surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"