tractotomy

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noun

The surgical excision of nerve tracts in the medulla of the brain.

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mesencephalic spinothalamic stereotactic lobotomy transection medullectomy cordotomy trabeculotomy corticotomy cerebrotomy pyramidotomy myelotomy trisegmentectomy tractus mucotomy tenotomy

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