neurotomy

[ noo-rot-uh-mee, nyoo- ]

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noun

, Surgery.

, plural neu·rot·o·mies.

neurotomy

/ njʊˈrɒtəmɪ /

neu·ro·tom·i·cal [n, oo, r-, uh, -, tom, -i-k, uh, l, ny, oo, r-], adjective
neu·roto·mist noun

First recorded in 1695–1705; neuro- + -tomy

The opponents of neurotomy were, probably, not aware that there is in progression a muscular as well as a tactile sense.'

In 1819 Professor Sewell announced himself as the originator of neurotomy.

Neurotomy, nū-rot′om-i, n. the cutting or dissection of a nerve.

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