advancement
(ăd-vans′mĕnt)

Surgical detachment of a segment of tissue with reattachment to a position beyond the initial site, as when, to remedy strabismus, an extrinsic ocular muscle is severed and reattached farther from its origin.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Advancement." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741978/all/advancement.
Advancement. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741978/all/advancement. Accessed March 18, 2025.
Advancement. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741978/all/advancement
Advancement [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 March 18]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741978/all/advancement.
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