tenotomy
1
9.9
- noun
- /tɛˈnɑːtəmi/
- Specialized
- After several consultations, they decided that a tenotomy was the best option for treating the tension in the tendon.
Examples
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After the tenotomy, the foot is placed into a long leg cast for another 3 weeks.
Academic text (2005) -
The tenotomy is done in approximately 85-90% of all patients with clubfoot.
Academic text (2005) -
However, Klochoff conceded that tenotomy of the tensor tympani may be necessary as an alternative treatment.
Academic text (1998) -
This occurrence was, however, the finding that led us to strongly suspect middle ear myoclonus as the cause of the tinnitus and justified the need for tenotomy of the middle ear muscles.
Academic text (1998) -
"Sims, it turned out, had called him in to perform a tenotomy, the desperate remedy of severing the child's hamstring tendons."
Academic text (1994) -
My weapons are tenotomy scissors, mosquito hemostats, atraumatic forceps, and spring-loaded needle holders.
Fiction book (2000) -
Following the tenotomy, the patient was able to walk without pain in just a few weeks.
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The surgeon recommended a tenotomy to help correct the child's leg deformity.
Synonyms
50
3.4
The part of medicine that treats illness or injury by doing operations
How Invasive
- Specialized
16
3.9
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
7
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
tenotomy = tendon (opaque) = teno + tomy
Although the sense relates to 'tendon' + a cutting operation, the suffix '-tomy' is a specialist combining form unfamiliar to general learners, so the overall formation is not transparently derivable by an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Tenotomy comes from Greek parts teno- meaning 'tendon' and -tomy meaning 'cutting'. So a tenotomy literally means 'cutting a tendon', which is why the operation cuts a tight tendon to free it and help movement.