osteotomy

English

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ -tomy.

Noun

osteotomy (plural osteotomies)

(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting a bone. This is often performed to either lengthen, shorten, or straighten a bone.

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Translations

surgery: the surgical procedure of cutting a bone

Chinese:
Mandarin: 截骨術／截骨术 (jiégǔshù)
Finnish: osteotomia, luuleikkaus
German: Osteotomie f
Irish: oistéatóime f
Italian: osteotomia (it) f
Polish: osteotomia (pl) f
Portuguese: osteotomia f
Russian: остеотоми́я (ru) f (osteotomíja)
Spanish: osteotomía f

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