A surgical procedure involving cutting or removing a condyle from a bone, often done to correct joint problems or deformities.
From Greek 'kondylos' (knuckle/condyle) combined with 'tomia' (cutting), forming a medical term describing surgical incision of a condyle.
This surgery was historically used to treat severe jaw problems and joint deformities before modern orthopedic techniques made it mostly obsolete, but it's a great example of how 'tomy' words describe any surgical cut.
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