Medical term:
laminotomies
laminotomy
[lam″ĭ-not´ah-me]transection of a vertebral lamina.
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lam·i·not·o·my
(lam-i-not'ŏ-mē),Excision of a portion of a vertebral lamina resulting in enlargement of the intervertebral foramen for the purpose of relieving pressure in a spinal nerve root.
Synonym(s): rachiotomy
[L. lamina, layer, + G. tomē, incision]
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laminotomy
(lăm′ə-nŏt′ə-mē)n.
Surgical division of one or more vertebral laminae.
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laminotomy
Fenestration Orthopedics A procedure for treating herniation of an intervertebral disk, consisting of removal of a portion of the superior and inferior aspects of the lamina adjacent to the diseased disk. See Laminectomy.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
lam·i·not·o·my
(lam'i-not'ŏ-mē)An operation on one or more vertebral laminae.
Synonym(s): rachiotomy.
Synonym(s): rachiotomy.
[L. lamina, layer, + G. tomē, incision]
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