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Sternotomy vs Stereotomy - What's the difference?

sternotomy | stereotomy |

As nouns the difference between sternotomy and stereotomy

is that sternotomy is an incision into the sternum while stereotomy is the cutting or dissection of solids.

sternotomy

English

Noun

(sternotomies)
  • (surgery) An incision into the sternum

    • stereotomy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (geometry, masonry) The cutting or dissection of solids.
  • * 1841 , Edgar Allan Poe, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue":
    • Here your countenance brightened up, and, perceiving your lips move, I could not doubt that you murmured the word ‘stereotomy ’, a term very affectedly applied to this species of pavement.