Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

open-heart surgery

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: open--heart -surgery
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A surgical operation on the heart done though a large incision in the chest.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

open-heart surgeries (plural) open heart surgery (alternative)

Questions

What does open-heart surgery mean?: A surgical operation on the heart done though a large incision in the chest.

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