Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thymothymectomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thy-moth-ymec-to-my
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Removal of a thymoma from the thymus.

Example Sentences

"For thymoma patients, the radical thymothymectomy was performed concurrent with radical pleural pleurectomy."

Etymology

From thymo- + thymectomy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: thymo

Inflected Forms

thymothymectomies (plural)

Questions

What does thymothymectomy mean?: Removal of a thymoma from the thymus.
Where does thymothymectomy come from?: From thymo- + thymectomy.

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