laminotomy

laminotomy
Excision of a portion of a vertebral lamina in which the intervertebral foramen is enlarged by removal of a portion of the lamina. SYN: rachiotomy. [L. lamina, layer, + G. tome, incision]

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lam·i·not·o·my .lam-ə-'nät-ə-mē n, pl -mies surgical division of a vertebral lamina

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lam·i·not·o·my (lam″ĭ-notґə-me) [lamina + -tomy] division of the lamina of a vertebra.

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