Medical term:

laminotomy



laminotomy

 [lam″ĭ-not´ah-me]
transection of a vertebral lamina.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

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.
[L. lamina, layer, + G. tomē, incision]
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