List of -otomies
Encyclopedia
The suffix '-otomy' is derived from the Greek
suffix τόμος, -tómos, "meaning cutting, sharp, or separate".
Greek language
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suffix τόμος, -tómos, "meaning cutting, sharp, or separate".
Medical procedures
- AmniotomyAmniotomyAn artificial rupture of membranes , also known as an amniotomy, may be performed by a midwife or obstetrician. This is usually performed using an amnihook or fingercot. It is intended to induce or accelerate labour.-Indications:...
- AndrotomyAndrotomyAndrotomy is the dissection of the human body. Another term for it is anthropotomy "dissection of a human". Androtomy is to be distinguished from zoötomy "dissection of an animal"....
- Bilateral cingulotomyBilateral cingulotomyBilateral cingulotomy is a form of psychosurgery, introduced in 1948 as an alternative to lobotomy. Today, it is mainly used in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression and addiction. It is also, rarely, used in the treatment of chronic pain...
- BronchotomyBronchotomyBronchotomy is a medical term used to describe a surgical incision into the throat; now largely superseded by the terms laryngotomy, thyrotomy and tracheotomy, which indicate more accurately the place of incision....
- Clitoridotomy
- Coeliotomy
- ColostomyColostomyA colostomy is a surgical procedure in which a stoma is formed by drawing the healthy end of the large intestine or colon through an incision in the anterior abdominal wall and suturing it into place. This opening, in conjunction with the attached stoma appliance, provides an alternative channel...
- CordotomyCordotomyCordotomy is a surgical procedure that disables selected pain-conducting tracts in the spinal cord, in order to achieve loss of pain and temperature perception. This procedure is commonly performed on patients experiencing severe pain due to cancer or other diseases for which there is currently no...
- EscharotomyEscharotomyAn escharotomy is a surgical procedure used to treat full thickness circumferential burns. Since full thickness burns are characterized by tough, leathery eschar, an escharotomy is used primarily to combat compartment syndrome...
- EpisiotomyEpisiotomyAn episiotomy , also known as perineotomy, is a surgically planned incision on the perineum and the posterior vaginal wall during second stage of labor. The incision, which can be midline or at an angle from the posterior end of the vulva, is performed under local anaesthetic , and is sutured...
- FasciotomyFasciotomyFasciotomy or fasciectomy is a surgical procedure where the fascia is cut to relieve tension or pressure . Fasciotomy is a limb-saving procedure when used to treat acute compartment syndrome. It is also sometimes used to treat chronic compartment stress syndrome...
- Heller myotomyHeller myotomyHeller myotomy is a surgical procedure in which the muscles of the cardia are cut, allowing food and liquids to pass to the stomach...
- HymenotomyHymenotomyA hymenotomy is a minor medical procedure involving the surgical removal or opening of the hymen. It is often performed on patients with imperforate hymens or septate hymens, or other situations where the hymen is unusually thick or rigid. In the case of a female with a hymen without any opening,...
- HysterotomyHysterotomyA hysterotomy is an incision in the uterus, commonly combined with a laparotomy during a caesarean section. Hysterotomies are also performed during fetal surgery....
- LaparotomyLaparotomyA laparotomy is a surgical procedure involving a large incision through the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. It is also known as coeliotomy.- Terminology :...
- Lithotomy positionLithotomy positionThe lithotomy position is a medical term referring to a common position for surgical procedures and medical examinations involving the pelvis and lower abdomen, as well as a common position for childbirth in Western nations...
- LobotomyLobotomyLobotomy "; τομή – tomē: "cut/slice") is a neurosurgical procedure, a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy . It consists of cutting the connections to and from the prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain...
- MeatotomyMeatotomyA meatotomy is a form of penile modification in which the underside of the glans is split. The procedure may be performed by a doctor to alleviate meatal stenosis or urethral stricture...
- MyotomyMyotomyMyotomy describes a surgical procedure in which muscle is cut.A common example of a myotomy is the Heller myotomy....
- OsteotomyOsteotomyAn osteotomy is a surgical operation whereby a bone is cut to shorten, lengthen, or change its alignment. It is sometimes performed to correct a hallux valgus, or to straighten a bone that has healed crookedly following a fracture. It is also used to correct a coxa vara, genu valgum, and genu varum...
- PhlebotomyPhlebotomyPhlebotomy is the process of making an incision in a vein.It is associated with the following concepts:* Venipuncture, the practice of collecting venous blood samples* The main practice of a phlebotomist, an individual trained to draw blood...
- Radial keratotomyRadial keratotomyRadial keratotomy is a refractive surgical procedure to correct myopia.- Discovery :The procedure was discovered by Svyatoslav Fyodorov who removed glass from the eye of one of his patients who had been in an accident. A boy, who wore eyeglasses, fell off his bicycle and his glasses shattered on...
- Sphincterotomy
- ThoracotomyThoracotomyThoracotomy is an incision into the pleural space of the chest. It is performed by a surgeon, and, rarely, by emergency physicians, to gain access to the thoracic organs, most commonly the heart, the lungs, the esophagus or thoracic aorta, or for access to the anterior spine such as is necessary...
- ThyrotomyThyrotomyThyrotomy is an incision of the larynx through the thyroid cartilage....
- TracheotomyTracheotomyAmong the oldest described surgical procedures, tracheotomy consists of making an incision on the anterior aspect of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea...
- Trans-orbital lobotomy
- Zootomy
Other -otomies
- DichotomyDichotomyA dichotomy is any splitting of a whole into exactly two non-overlapping parts, meaning it is a procedure in which a whole is divided into two parts...
- False dichotomy
- Ousterhout's dichotomyOusterhout's dichotomyOusterhout's dichotomy is computer scientist John Ousterhout's claim that high-level programming languages tend to fall into two groups, each with distinct properties and uses: "system programming languages" and "scripting languages"...
- TrichotomyTrichotomyIn mathematics, the Law of Trichotomy states that every real number is either positive, negative, or zero. More generally, trichotomy is the property of an order relation...
- Trichotomy property