duodenoduodenostomy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An surgical procedure in which two portions of the duodenum are surgically connected to restore a continuous intestinal passage, usually performed to bypass or repair a blockage, congenital narrowing, or segmental loss of the duodenum.
Etymology
From duodeno- + duodeno- + -stomy
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: duodeno-