noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The surgical procedure of cutting a bone. This is often performed to either lengthen, shorten, or straighten a bone.
2. 2
   surgical sectioning of bone wordnet

Synonyms

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bone cutbone cuttingosteotomy line

Antonyms

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conservative managementintact bonenonoperative treatmentunmodified bone

Etymology

From osteo- + -tomy.