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/kom'euh sheuh rot"euh mee/, n., pl. commissurotomies. Surg.the incision of a band of commissures, esp. of mitral fibers, to correct mitral stenosis. Cf. valvulotomy.[COMMISSURE + -O- + -TOMY]
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