Osteotomy
Taking out part or all of a bone, or cutting into or through bone.
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- Osteotomy, block
Surgical removal of a section of bone.
- Osteotomy, displacement
Surgical reconfiguration of a bone by changing its physical relationship to other bones.
- Osteotomy, cuneiform
Surgical removal of a triangular piece of bone.
- Ostomy
An operation to create an opening from an area inside the body to the outside.
- Ot-
Prefix meaning ear. It’s used before a vowel, as in otalgia (painful ear) and otitis (inflammation of ear), and before a consonant, ot- becomes oto-, as in otolaryngologist and otoscope. From the Greek “otos” pertaining to the ear.