strabotomy

[ struh-bot-uh-mee ]

noun

, Surgery.

, plural stra·bot·o·mies.

1. the operation of cutting one or more of the muscles of the eye to correct strabismus.

strabotomy

/ strəˈbɒtəmɪ /

noun

1. a former method of treating strabismus by surgical division of one or more muscles of the eye

Word History and Origins

Origin of strabotomy¹

1855–60; < Greek strabó ( s ) ( strabismus ) + -tomy

Word History and Origins

Origin of strabotomy¹

C19: from French strabotomie, from Greek strabos squinting + -tomy

Example Sentences

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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