tarsectomy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The operation of removing one or more of the bones of the tarsus (cluster of bones in the foot).
    — That no less than eleven different forms of tarsectomy have been described for the cure of club-foot would seem to show that surgeons have not found any one of these operations giving perfectly satisfactory results.
  2. The operation of removing one or more tarsi (plates of connective tissue, one found in each eyelid).
    — An important advantage of using Whitnall's sling procedure or the superior tarsectomy modification is that the other alternatives are still available if these procedures should give unacceptable results.

词形变化

tarsectomies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
inferior tarsectomy superior tarsectomy wedge tarsectomy

词源

From tarsus + -ectomy.
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