arthrotomy
- noun
- /ˌɑrθˈrɒtəmi/
- Specialized
:
artrotomía
- A small arthrotomy is made to expose the cartilage defect.
Examples
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The second stage of the procedure involves a second surgery, an open arthrotomy to expose the lesion, which is debrided, so that the defect has circumferential vertical walls of normal articular cartilage.
Academic text (2005) -
During the procedure, the surgeon performed an arthrotomy to access the damaged joint.
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An arthrotomy has been performed to expose the focal chondral defect on the trochlea prior to autologous chondrocyte implantation.
Academic text (2005) -
To repair the injury, an arthrotomy was necessary to visualize the joint's interior structure.
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The orthopedic team decided to conduct an arthrotomy to evaluate the extent of the joint damage.
How Invasive
- Specialized
1
3.8
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
7.4
119
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
arthrotomy = arthro (opaque) = arthro + tomy
The term is formed from specialized Greek combining forms that are not productive standalone English morphemes for average learners, so the meaning cannot be reliably inferred.
Etymology
Arthrotomy comes from two Greek parts, arthro- meaning 'joint' and -tomy meaning 'cutting', the same -tomy you see in anatomy and lobotomy. So an arthrotomy means 'cutting into a joint', which is why it describes the surgery that opens a joint.