Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical cutting or division of a tendon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, the division of a tendon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an
incision in atendon .
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Examples
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Sanchez got three opinions before Dr. Gary Waslewski, the Giants' Arizona-based orthopedist, performed the 30-minute surgery, called a tenotomy - removal of the biceps tendon.
SFGate: Top News Stories jshea@sfchronicle.com (John Shea 2010
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Sanchez got three opinions before Dr. Gary Waslewski, the Giants' Arizona-based orthopedist, performed the 30-minute surgery, called a tenotomy - removal of the biceps tendon.
SFGate: Top News Stories jshea@sfchronicle.com (John Shea 2010
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Sanchez got three opinions before Dr. Gary Waslewski, the Giants' Arizona-based orthopedist, performed the 30-minute surgery, called a tenotomy - removal of the biceps tendon.
SFGate: Top News Stories jshea@sfchronicle.com (John Shea 2010
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Where there exists no articular or ligamentous diseases which would defeat the purpose, tenotomy is the only remedy for contracted tendons.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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This is recommended by Breton [25] as being productive of good results even where contraction of tendons exists and tenotomy is done.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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Antyllus had operations for the cure of stammering, for cataract, and for the treatment of contractures by the method of tenotomy.
Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine James Sands Elliott
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The upper part is solid, but with a sharp clean-cut (made with a cataract or tenotomy knife) running completely through its axis from the centre of the disc to the top of the dome.
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-- Wherever contraction is not too marked and weight is borne with the affected members, and where the feet can be kept on the ground in a nearly normal position, it is possible to correct the condition without doing tenotomy.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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In all serious cases of inflammation of the carpal flexors, whether tenotomy has been performed or not, the subject needs a long period of rest subsequent to treatment.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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Where contraction of tendons exists and no osseous or ligamentous change prevents correction of the condition, tenotomy is necessary.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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