glossotomy

glossotomy
Any cutting operation on the tongue, usually to obtain access to further reaches of the pharynx. [glosso- + G. tome, incision]

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glos·sot·o·my (glos-otґə-me) [glosso- + -tomy] incision of the tongue.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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