CORDOTOMIES Synonyms

• a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs

• a surgical removal of all or part of a limb

• the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

• a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

• the act of cutting something into parts

• a piece cut off from the main part of something

• an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

• removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

• the division of a deck of cards before dealing

• the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

• the act of diluting something

• the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

• (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

• unpleasantly cold and damp

• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

• any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

• (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

• the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

• the act of deleting something written or printed

• the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

• surgical removal of a body part or tissue

• the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society

• the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

• surgical removal of all or part of a nerve

• surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• the act of severing

• surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system

• The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system.

• The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or for other purposes

• To cut, divide or separate into pieces.

• To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.

• To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.

• Medical To perform a cesarean section on (someone).

• A division into sections.

• (mental health) An instance of a person being sectioned.

• The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a tendon