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tonsillotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ton-sil-lo-to-my
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision into a tonsil.

Etymology

Etymology tree English tonsil Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English -otomy English tonsillotomy From tonsil + -otomy.

Inflected Forms

tonsillotomies (plural)

Questions

What does tonsillotomy mean?
The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision into a tonsil.
Where does tonsillotomy come from?
Etymology tree English tonsil Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English -otomy English tonsillotomy From tonsil + -otomy.

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