Annulotomy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An incision between intervertebral discs to allow decompression

    "An annulotomy was created and subtotal discectomy was performed."

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"An annulotomy was created and subtotal discectomy was performed."

Etymology

From annulus + -otomy.

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