Musculoskeletal
osteotomy
os-tee-OT-oh-mee
StatusNew
Definition
Surgical cutting of bone
ProcedureMusculoskeletal
Breakdown
Etymology
Greek: oste/o (bone) + -tomy (incision)
Practice
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