(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:34:54

On*cot"o*may (?), n. [Gr. bulk, mass + to cut: cf. F. oncotomie.] Surg.

The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumor, with a cutting instrument.

[Written also onkotomy.]

Dunglison.

 

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