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hepatostomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hep-atosto-my
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Surgical establishment of a fissure into the liver.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From hepato- + -stomy.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hepatostomies (plural)

Questions

What does hepatostomy mean?
Surgical establishment of a fissure into the liver.
Where does hepatostomy come from?
From hepato- + -stomy.

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