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ophthalmotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oph-thal-mo-to-my
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

dissection of or incision into the eye

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From ophthalmo- + -tomy.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

ophthalmotomies (plural)

Questions

What does ophthalmotomy mean?
dissection of or incision into the eye
Where does ophthalmotomy come from?
From ophthalmo- + -tomy.

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