myotomyn.

Brit.

/mʌɪˈɒtəmi/, U.S.

/maɪˈɑdəmi/

Forms: 1600s myotome, 1600s– myotomy.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin myotome.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin myotome (1649 or earlier; < myo- myo- comb. form + ancient Greek τομή cutting (see -tomy comb. form); compare -y suffix³), probably after anatomy n. Compare post-classical Latin and scientific Latin myotomia (1694 or earlier: see quot. 1694 at sense 1), and earlier myotomist n. With sense 2 compare French myotomie (1741; 1724 as miotomie).Compare Myotomia (in title of work by W. Molins, 1676), and Pathomyotomia (in title of work by J. Bulwer, 1649). With form myotome , compare anatomy n.

†1. Anatomy. The dissection or anatomical demonstration of muscles; a description of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > study of body > study of muscles > [noun] > dissection

myotomy1676

1676 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 123 Mr. Willughby himself hath left a myotome of a swan.

1694 W. Cowper Μυοτομια Reformata Pref. sig. b1 Since our last named Author there has been nothing discovered in Myotomy except M. du Verny's Oblique Muscle of the Ear.

1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1985 His [sc. Cowper's] excellent Book of reformed Myotomy.

1719 R. Samber tr. H. Boerhaave Method of studying Physick 193 Myology is divided into two Parts, viz. 1. Into Myology... And, 2. Into Myotomy, or the Description how a dead Body ought to be treated in order to make the Muscles visible and conspicuous.

1740 G. Thomson tr. M. Lyser Art Dissecting Human Body 149 Riolan says, That he who is well acquainted with Myography, will easily understand Myotomy.

2. Surgery. The surgical division of a muscle; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on muscles

myotomy1871

sphincterotomy1890

scalenotomy1934

1871 A. Prichard in Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Nov. 578/2 (title) On intraocular myotomy.

1878 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XIV. 852 The defect may..be due to an habitual spasm of the genioglossi,..which may necessitate myotomy.

1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 18 Apr. 889/2 Heller's original technic included anterior and posterior myotomies.

1990 European Jrnl. Orthodontics 12 370 Two recent studies involving total resection (myectomy) and sectioning (myotomy) of this muscle have come to contradictory conclusions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	myotomy
释义	myotomyn. Brit. /mʌɪˈɒtəmi/, U.S. /maɪˈɑdəmi/ Forms: 1600s myotome, 1600s– myotomy. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin myotome. Etymology: < post-classical Latin myotome (1649 or earlier; < myo- myo- comb. form + ancient Greek τομή cutting (see -tomy comb. form); compare -y suffix³), probably after anatomy n. Compare post-classical Latin and scientific Latin myotomia (1694 or earlier: see quot. 1694 at sense 1), and earlier myotomist n. With sense 2 compare French myotomie (1741; 1724 as miotomie).Compare Myotomia (in title of work by W. Molins, 1676), and Pathomyotomia (in title of work by J. Bulwer, 1649). With form myotome , compare anatomy n. †1. Anatomy. The dissection or anatomical demonstration of muscles; a description of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > study of body > study of muscles > [noun] > dissection myotomy1676 1676 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 123 Mr. Willughby himself hath left a myotome of a swan. 1694 W. Cowper Μυοτομια Reformata Pref. sig. b1 Since our last named Author there has been nothing discovered in Myotomy except M. du Verny's Oblique Muscle of the Ear. 1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1985 His [sc. Cowper's] excellent Book of reformed Myotomy. 1719 R. Samber tr. H. Boerhaave Method of studying Physick 193 Myology is divided into two Parts, viz. 1. Into Myology... And, 2. Into Myotomy, or the Description how a dead Body ought to be treated in order to make the Muscles visible and conspicuous. 1740 G. Thomson tr. M. Lyser Art Dissecting Human Body 149 Riolan says, That he who is well acquainted with Myography, will easily understand Myotomy. 2. Surgery. The surgical division of a muscle; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on muscles myotomy1871 sphincterotomy1890 scalenotomy1934 1871 A. Prichard in Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Nov. 578/2 (title) On intraocular myotomy. 1878 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XIV. 852 The defect may..be due to an habitual spasm of the genioglossi,..which may necessitate myotomy. 1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 18 Apr. 889/2 Heller's original technic included anterior and posterior myotomies. 1990 European Jrnl. Orthodontics 12 370 Two recent studies involving total resection (myectomy) and sectioning (myotomy) of this muscle have come to contradictory conclusions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676
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