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.

From Project Gutenberg

With reference to the internal and external rectus with which strabotomy specially has to do, those relations come principally under observation which the front part of the muscle enters into with the conjunctival tissues; the greater the extent to which we loosen these relations, the farther the muscle can retract.

From Project Gutenberg

The improvement in position which we strive to obtain is brought about by the elastic power of the antagonist, and not by the tenotomy itself, and it is seen by this then, that the term strabotomy simply, does not quite express the circumstances of the case.

From Project Gutenberg