English
strabotomy
Strabotomy comes from Ancient Greek στραβός ‘squinting’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστραβόςstrabós‘squinting’
- Englishtodaystrabotomy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστραβόςstrabós‘squinting’
- Englishtodaystrabotomy
Linked words
through Ancient Greek στραβός ‘squinting’
Today it means
noun The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or tendon of the eye to correct strabismus, or squint.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek στραβός / strabotomy