Fissurotomy

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Noun
  1. 1
    An incision into a fissure

    "The DIAGNOdent findings were closely correlated to the fissurotomy results, with a median of 15.0 among the teeth without caries according to the biopsy findings and a median of 46.5 among the teeth with caries ( Table 2 )."

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"The DIAGNOdent findings were closely correlated to the fissurotomy results, with a median of 15.0 among the teeth without caries according to the biopsy findings and a median of 46.5 among the teeth with caries ( Table 2 )."

Etymology

From fissure + -tomy.

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