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Myotome vs Myotomy - What's the difference?

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Myotome is a related term of myotomy.


As nouns the difference between myotome and myotomy

is that myotome is (biology) in vertebrate embryonic development, a group of tissues formed from somites that develop into the body wall muscle while myotomy is (surgery) the surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ.

myotome

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) In vertebrate embryonic development, a group of tissues formed from somites that develop into the body wall muscle.

    • Synonyms

    * myocomma

    myotomy

    English

    (wikipedia myotomy)

    Noun

    (myotomies)
  • (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ.
  • * 1993 , Eugene M. Helveston, Surgical Management of Strabismus: An Atlas of Strabismus Surgery , page 235
    • If a hyperdeviation'' is present in an eye treated with such a myotomy''' of a horizontal rectus, the proximal ' myotomy should begin above to shift the insertion downward and make the horizontal rectus more effective as a depressor.
  • (dated) An anatomical dissection of a body, especially one used for instructional purposes.

    • Related terms

    * myotome