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caecostomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cae-cos-to-my
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.

Etymology

From caecum + -stomy.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

caecostomies (plural) cæcostomy (alternative) cecostomy (alternative)

Questions

What does caecostomy mean?
An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
Where does caecostomy come from?
From caecum + -stomy.

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