Associations to the word «Osteotomy»

Wiktionary

OSTEOTOMY, noun. (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting a bone. This is often performed to either lengthen, shorten, or straighten a bone.

Dictionary definition

OSTEOTOMY, noun. Surgical sectioning of bone.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats