Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cardiectomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cardiec-to-my
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The surgical removal of the cardia (the part of the esophagus that connects to the stomach).

noun

The surgical removal of the heart, either in transplantation or in autopsy.

Etymology

By surface analysis, cardia + -ectomy.

Inflected Forms

cardiectomies (plural)

Rhymes With

hysterectomy vasectomy mastectomy appendectomy prostatectomy tonsillectomy gastrectomy lumpectomy splenectomy cholecystectomy nephrectomy laminectomy

Questions

What does cardiectomy mean?: The surgical removal of the cardia (the part of the esophagus that connects to the stomach).
Where does cardiectomy come from?: By surface analysis, cardia + -ectomy.

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