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fasciotomy

fash-ee-OT-oh-mee

StatusNew

Definition

Surgical incision into fascia

ProcedureMusculoskeletal

Breakdown

Root

fasci/o

fascia

Suffix

-tomy

incision

Etymology

Latin: fasci/o (fascia) + -tomy (incision)

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