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petrosectomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pet-ro-sec-to-my
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The removal of air cells from a bone, typically from the temporal bone before a cochlear implant.

Etymology

From Latin petrōsus (“stony”) + -ectomy.

Inflected Forms

petrosectomies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

petrosal petrous

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does petrosectomy mean?
The removal of air cells from a bone, typically from the temporal bone before a cochlear implant.
Where does petrosectomy come from?
From Latin petrōsus (“stony”) + -ectomy.

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