ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cyclotomy

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Cyclotomy is a noun meaning (medicine) surgical removal of the ciliary muscle.

Meaning

(medicine) surgical removal of the ciliary muscle.

More Meanings

  1. (mathematics) the historical problems of dividing the circle into a given number of equal segments, and of constructing regular polygons
  2. (mathematics) the analytical extraction of the complex roots of unity; a de Moivre number

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cyclectomy, cycloelectrolysis, iridocyclectomy, cyclocryocoagulation, cycloablation, cyclodiathermy.

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