chondrotomy
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Chondrotomy — Chon*drot o*my, n. [Gr. ? + ? a cutting.] (Anat.) The dissection of cartilages. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chondroplasty — refers to surgery of the cartilage, the most common being corrective surgery of the cartilage of the knee. Surgery known as thyroid chondroplasty (or trachea shave) is used to reduce the visibility of the Adam s Apple in transsexual women.… … Wikipedia
Operation — Although there are many meanings to the word operation , in medicine it refers to a surgical procedure. To put matters more formally, an operation is an act or series of acts performed upon the body with the hand alone or by means of an… … Medical dictionary
thyrochondrotomy — thy·ro·chon·drot·o·my (thi″ro kon drotґə me) [thyro + chondrotomy] median laryngotomy … Medical dictionary
