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noun, plural com·mis·sur·ot·o·mies. Surgery.
the incision of a band of commissures, especially of mitral fibers, to correct mitral stenosis.
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Commissurotomy
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commissurotomy com·mis·sur·ot·o·my (kŏm'ə-sh&oobreve;-rŏt'ə-mē, -s&oobreve;-)
n.
Surgical division of a commissure, fibrous band, or ring.
See midline myelotomy.
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