Surg. [irreg. f. Gr. σύνδεσμος ligament (cf. SYNDESMO-) + ἐκτομή excision.] Excision of a strip of conjunctiva around the cornea; peritomy.
1869. G. Lawson, Dis. Eye (1874), 19. Syndectomy—Peritomy.—This operation was first practised by Dr. Furnari, of Paris, in 1862. It consists in excising a band of conjunctiva and subconjunctival tissue … from around the cornea. Ibid., 20. I have on several occasions performed syndectomy as a preliminary to inoculation.
1889. [see PERITOMY].
