The surgical operation of cutting a nerve root, as, for example, to relieve the pain of TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA. Selective rhizotomy of spinal nerve roots is also sometimes used in alleviating muscle spasticity to assist mobility in CEREBRAL PALSY.
| 单词 | Rhizotomy |
| 释义 | The surgical operation of cutting a nerve root, as, for example, to relieve the pain of TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA. Selective rhizotomy of spinal nerve roots is also sometimes used in alleviating muscle spasticity to assist mobility in CEREBRAL PALSY. |
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