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May 26, 2012
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com•mis•sur•ot•o•my



Pronunciation: (kom"u-shu-rot'u-mē), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -mies. Surg.
the incision of a band of commissures, esp. of mitral fibers, to correct mitral stenosis. Cf. valvulotomy.

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