Surg. rare–0. [ad. mod.L. staphylotomia, as if a. Gr. *σταφυλοτομία f. σταφυλή STAPHYLE + -τομία cutting.]

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  1.  Amputation of the uvula.

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1855.  Dunglison, Med. Lex.

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1890.  G. M. Gould, New Med. Dict.

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  ¶ 2.  ‘The removal of a staphyloma by cutting’ (Dorland, Med. Dict., 1913).

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