ossiculotomymedical dictionary

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<surgery> Division of one of the processes of the ossicles of the middle ear, or of a fibrous band causing ankylosis between any two ossicles.

Origin: L. Ossiculum, ossicle, + G. Tome, incision

(05 Mar 2000)

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