laminectomy

As a noun laminectomy

is (surgery) the surgical procedure to remove the bony arch or lamina from one or more vertebrae.

As an adjective false is

(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

In surgery terms the difference between laminotomy and laminectomy

is that laminotomy is the neurosurgical procedure that removes part of a lamina of the vertebral arch in order to decompress the spinal cord while laminectomy is the surgical procedure to remove the bony arch or lamina from one or more vertebrae.

In surgery terms the difference between osteotomy and laminectomy

is that osteotomy is the surgical procedure of cutting a bone. This is often performed to either lengthen, shorten, or straighten a bone while laminectomy is the surgical procedure to remove the bony arch or lamina from one or more vertebrae.

In surgery terms the difference between laminectomy and hemilaminectomy

is that laminectomy is the surgical procedure to remove the bony arch or lamina from one or more vertebrae while hemilaminectomy is the removal of either the left or right half of the lamina.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and laminectomy

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while laminectomy is (surgery) the surgical procedure to remove the bony arch or lamina from one or more vertebrae.

As a noun laminectomy

is (surgery) the surgical procedure to remove the bony arch or lamina from one or more vertebrae.

As an adjective postlaminectomy is

after a laminectomy.