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osteotomy

surgical procedure in which bone is cut to shorten, lengthen, or change its alignment
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osteotomy

Summary

osteotomy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • osteotomy is a type of musculoskeletal otomy[2].
  • osteotomy is a type of orthopedic procedures[3].
  • osteotomy's Commons category is recorded as Osteotomy[4].
  • osteotomy's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • osteotomy's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • osteotomy's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • osteotomy's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • osteotomy's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[9].
  • osteotomy's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 77.3[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include musculoskeletal otomy[2] and orthopedic procedures[3].

Why It Matters

osteotomy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).[1] osteotomy has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] osteotomy is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → musculoskeletal otomy, orthopedic procedures
    Aliases → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553341405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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