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glycerol rhizotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables
glyc-erol rhi-zo-to-my
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The surgical injection of glycerol into an area where a nerve divides into three main branches. The goal is to selectively damage the nerve in order to interfere with the transmission of the pain signals to the brain.

Inflected Forms

glycerol rhizotomies (plural)

Questions

What does glycerol rhizotomy mean?
The surgical injection of glycerol into an area where a nerve divides into three main branches. The goal is to selectively damage the nerve in order to interfere with the transmission of the pain signals to the brain.

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