myotomy
nounUK /maɪˈɒt.ə.mi/ · US /maɪˈɑ.tə.mi/
Etymology From myo- + -tomy.
1
Medicine, Sciences, Surgery The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ.
- If a hyperdeviation is present in an eye treated with such a myotomy of a horizontal rectus, the proximal myotomy should begin above to shift the insertion downward and make the horizontal rectus more effective as a depressor.1993, Eugene M. Helveston, Surgical Management of Strabismus: An Atlas of Strabismus Surgery, page 235:
2
Dated An anatomical dissection of a body, especially one used for instructional purposes.
- Derived terms
- cardiomyotomy, Heller myotomy, pyloromyotomy
- Related terms
- myotome