tenotomy

[ tuh-not-uh-mee ]

noun

, Surgery.

, plural te·not·o·mies.

1. the cutting of a tendon.

tenotomy

/ təˈnɒtəmɪ /

noun

1. surgical division of a tendon

Derived Forms

• teˈnotomist, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tenotomy¹

First recorded in 1835–45; teno- + -tomy

Example Sentences

The patients were chiefly children, having the most diverse surgical ailments, among which may be mentioned hip disease and abscess, genu valgum without operation, necrosis of femur, hydrocele with explorative operation, a scald, a sinus over the great trochanter, spinal disease with abscess, tenotomy for club-foot, and vesical calculus with operation.

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Tenotomy effects essentially a cosmetic improvement—its object is to restore the correct position of the eyes by equalising the elastic muscular tensions.

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The method of tenotomy as I carry it out is as follows: The conjunctiva is seized with fine forceps exactly over the insertion of the muscle to be divided, and the fold thus raised cut into with the smallest possible wound.

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The immediate mechanical effects of simple tenotomy may be easily deduced; the divided muscle retracts as far as its elasticity and its relations with the surrounding tissues permit.

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Tenotomy is nothing more than the means for procuring a preponderance of the elastic power of the antagonist, therefore the effect attainable on the position of the eye does not depend solely on the division of the muscle, but to a great extent on the elasticity of the antagonist, and may be nullified at once, if the antagonist does not perform what we expect from it, and that may happen without our being able to foresee it.

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