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Webster 1913 Edition


Strabotomy

Stra-bot′o-my

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] squinting + [GREEK] to cut.]
(Surg.)
The operation for the removal of squinting by the division of such muscles as distort the eyeball.

Definition 2024


strabotomy

strabotomy

English

Noun

strabotomy (plural strabotomies)

  1. (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or tendon of the eye to correct strabismus, or squint.