Strabotomy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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