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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca