Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caldwell-luc surgery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables: cald-well-luc -surgery
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An operation to remove irreversibly damaged mucosa of the maxillary sinus when maxillary sinusitis is not cured by medication or other non-invasive technique.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Named after George Caldwell and Henry Luc.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Caldwell-Luc surgeries (plural)

Synonyms

Caldwell-Luc operation Caldwell-Luc procedure Caldwell-Luc antrostomy

Questions

What does caldwell-luc surgery mean?: An operation to remove irreversibly damaged mucosa of the maxillary sinus when maxillary sinusitis is not cured by medication or other non-invasive technique.
Where does caldwell-luc surgery come from?: Named after George Caldwell and Henry Luc.

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