sequestrotomy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sequestrum + -otomy.
Noun
[edit]sequestrotomy (plural sequestrotomies)
- (medicine, obsolete) Surgical removal of a sequestrum, or piece of dead bone that has become separated due to necrosis.
- 1885, G.G. Eitel, “Osteomyelitis”, in Northwestern Lancet[1], page 62:
- The patient passed out of my hands, was finally taken to a hospital and a sequestrotomy performed after which he made a good recovery.