| AUTOTOMY | • autotomy n. (Chiefly zoology) The spontaneous removal of a limb, tail etc, especially by some invertebrates as a… • AUTOTOMY n. the reflex loss of part of the body to save the whole (in lizards, etc.). |
| COLOTOMY | • colotomy n. (Surgery, medicine) Any incisional operation on the colon. • colotomy n. (Music) The rhythmic and metric patterns of gamelan music, involving the use of specific instruments… • COLOTOMY n. a surgical incision of the colon. |
| LOBOTOMY | • lobotomy n. A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses. • lobotomy n. The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain. • lobotomy n. The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk. |
| MYOTOMES | • myotomes n. Plural of myotome. • MYOTOME n. a segment of the body formed by a region of muscle. |
| ONCOTOMY | • oncotomy n. (Surgery) The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumour, with a cutting instrument. • ONCOTOMY n. incision into a tumour. |
| PHOTOMAP | • photomap n. (Cartography) a map made by the superimposition of aerial photographs onto grid lines, contours and… • photomap v. (Cartography) to produce such a map (from a photograph or existing map). • PHOTOMAP v. to map by means of aerial photography. |
| RHEOTOME | • rheotome n. Any instrument that interrupts an electric current. • RHEOTOME n. an instrument which periodically or otherwise interrupts an electric current. |
| SCOTOMAS | • scotomas n. Plural of scotoma. • SCOTOMA n. (Greek) dizziness with dimness of sight, also SCOTOMIA, SCOTOMY. |
| SCOTOMIA | • SCOTOMIA n. (obsolete) dizziness with dimness of sight, also SCOTOMA, SCOTOMY. |
| TENOTOMY | • tenotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a tendon. • TENOTOMY n. the surgical division of a tendon. |
| VAGOTOMY | • vagotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach… • VAGOTOMY n. surgical division of the vagus nerve. |
| VASOTOMY | • vasotomy n. (Surgery) incision into the vas deferens. • VASOTOMY n. a surgical cutting of the vas deferens. |
| XYLOTOMY | • xylotomy n. (Botany) The art of preparing sections of wood (as by means of a microtome) for microscopic examination. • XYLOTOMY n. the preparation of wood for microscopic examination. |
| ZOOTOMIC | • zootomic adj. Relating to zootomy. • ZOOTOMIC adj. relating to zootomy, the dissection of animals, also ZOOTOMICAL. |