cordotomyn.
/kɔːˈdɒtəmi/ Surgery.
Severance of certain nerve-tracts within the spinal cord for the relief of pain.
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neurotomy1704
nerve-cutting1831
neurectomy1857
sympathectomy1900
gangliectomy1901
ganglionectomy1901
vagotomy1906
rhizotomy1910
phrenicotomy1913
cordotomy1923
ramisection1924
ramisectomy1924
phrenicectomy1926
1923 C. M. Frazier & W. G. Spiller in Arch. Neurol. & Psychiatry (Chicago) 9 1 (title) Section of the anterolateral columns of the spinal cord (chordotomy).
1961 Lancet 5 Aug. 303/2 Cases in which cordotomy was undertaken for the relief of pain.
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