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strabotomy
[ struh-bot-uh-mee ]
noun
Surgery.
plural strabotomies.
- the operation of cutting one or more of the muscles of the eye to correct strabismus.
strabotomy
/ ٰəˈɒəɪ /
noun
- a former method of treating strabismus by surgical division of one or more muscles of the eye
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of strabotomy1
1855–60; < Greek ٰó ( s ) ( strabismus ) + -tomy
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of strabotomy1
C19: from French strabotomie, from Greek strabos squinting + -tomy
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As in strabotomy we cannot get at the obliques, it seems all the more desirable to offer them stronger resistance by greater tension of the internus by means of advancement.
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