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Tenotomy vs Tenotome - What's the difference?

tenotomy | tenotome |

In surgery terms the difference between tenotomy and tenotome

is that tenotomy is the surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a tendon while tenotome is a slender knife used for tenotomy.

tenotomy

English

Noun

(tenotomies)
  • (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a tendon.

    • tenotome

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (surgery) A slender knife used for tenotomy.
    • (Webster 1913)