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pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

/ˈpʊlməˌnɛri ˌθrɒmboʊˌɛndɑːrtəˈrɛktəmi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pul-monary throm-boen-darterec-to-my
IPA
/ˈpʊlməˌnɛri ˌθrɒmboʊˌɛndɑːrtəˈrɛktəmi/
52
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A surgery that removes chronic blood clots and scar tissue from the pulmonary arteries to treat chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, with the goal of restoring blood flow in the lungs and lowering pulmonary artery pressure.

Uncountable

Etymology

From pulmonary + thromboendarterectomy

Usage

Inflected Forms

PTE (abbreviation)

Questions

How do you pronounce pulmonary thromboendarterectomy?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpʊlməˌnɛri ˌθrɒmboʊˌɛndɑːrtəˈrɛktəmi/.
What does pulmonary thromboendarterectomy mean?
A surgery that removes chronic blood clots and scar tissue from the pulmonary arteries to treat chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, with the goal of restoring blood flow in the lungs and lowering pulmonary artery pressure.
Where does pulmonary thromboendarterectomy come from?
From pulmonary + thromboendarterectomy

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