osteotomy

English

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ -tomy.

Noun

osteotomy (plural osteotomies)

1. (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting a bone. This is often performed to either lengthen, shorten, or straighten a bone.

Related terms

• osteotomist
• osteotomize

Translations

surgery: the surgical procedure of cutting a bone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 截骨術／截骨术 (jiégǔshù)

• Finnish: osteotomia, luuleikkaus
• German: Osteotomie f
• Irish: oistéatóime f
• Italian: osteotomia (it) f
• Polish: osteotomia (pl) f
• Portuguese: osteotomia f
• Russian: остеотоми́я (ru) f (osteotomíja)
• Spanish: osteotomía f