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hypothalamectomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-potha-la-mec-to-my
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Surgical excision of the hypothalamus.

Etymology

From hypothalamus + -ectomy.

Inflected Forms

hypothalamectomies (plural)

Rhymes With

bafflectomy cardioectomy caudectomy cashectomy bulbectomy tumorectomy dactylectomy callosumectomy thrombendarteriectomy thromboendoarterioectomy allatectomy encephalectomy

Questions

What does hypothalamectomy mean?
Surgical excision of the hypothalamus.
Where does hypothalamectomy come from?
From hypothalamus + -ectomy.

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