rhizotomy
/rʌɪˈzɒtəmi/noun
1Medical herbalism or botany. Compare rhizotomist historical rare.
2 Surgery. Surgical division of a spinal nerve root, typically to relieve pain or spasticity; an instance of this.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Robley Dunglison (1798–1869), physician and medical writer. From rhizo- + -tomy.
- inappositeness
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