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Webster 1913 Edition

oncotomy

on-cot′o-my

(ŏṉ′kŏt-ō̍-my̆)

,

Noun.

[Gr.

ὄγκοσ

bulk, mass +

τέμνειν

to cut: cf. F.

oncotomie

.]

(Surg.)

The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumor, with a cutting instrument.

[Written also

onkotomy

.]

Dunglison.