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/maɪˈɒt.ə.mi/ · noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ..
If a hyperdeviation is present in an eye treated with such a myotomy of a horizontal rectus, the proximal myotomy should begin above to shift the insertion downward and make the horizontal rectus more effective as a depressor.
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Myotomy means (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ..
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If a hyperdeviation is present in an eye treated with such a myotomy of a horizontal rectus, the proximal myotomy should begin above to shift the insertion downward and make the horizontal rectus more effective as a depressor.
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