Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bisegmentectomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: biseg-men-tec-to-my
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The removal of two segments of an organ

Example Sentences

"The minor laparoscopic procedures ranged from a simple local metastasectomy (wedge resection) through segmentectomy to bisegmentectomy."

Etymology

From bi- + segmentectomy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bi

Inflected Forms

bisegmentectomies (plural)

Questions

What does bisegmentectomy mean?: The removal of two segments of an organ
Where does bisegmentectomy come from?: From bi- + segmentectomy.

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