Definition of "osteotomy" [os•te•ot•o•my]

• Surgical division or sectioning of bone. (noun)

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• "Nearly 100 years ago, a barbaric procedure called osteotomy was sometimes done to surgically shorten tall women by removing several inches of their tibias."
• "During a trip to Morocco in December, he underwent a procedure known as a metatarsal osteotomy."
• "My doctor suggests periacetabular osteotomy surgery on my right hip, the one more damaged."