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rachiotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ra-chioto-my
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “spine, ridge”) + -otomy.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

rachiotomies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

laminotomy

Questions

What does rachiotomy mean?
The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.
Where does rachiotomy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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