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pyramidotomy (medicine)


pyramidotomy
<procedure> Section of pyramidal tracts, in the spinal cord, for the relief of involuntary movements.

Origin: G. Pyramis, pyramid, + tome, incision

Medullary pyramidotomy, a medullary pyramidal tractotomy.

Spinal pyramidotomy, a spinal pyramidal tractotomy.