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Strabotomy

Strabotomy \Stra*bot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ? squinting + ? to cut.] (Surg.) The operation for the removal of squinting by the division of such muscles as distort the eyeball.

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strabotomy

n. the surgical operation of cutting a muscle or tendon of the eye in order to correct strabismus