diorthosis

(ˌdaɪɔːˈθəʊsɪs)

1. surgery the act or process of straightening something, esp a deformity in something

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) formal the act or process of revising a literary text

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The point of departure for such a study could be the tradition of western philology: since Antiquity, it has defined itself as diorthosis or emendatio, that is, `correction'.

From Book to Text: Towards a Comparative History of Philologies

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