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cephalotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cephalo-to-my
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

dissection or opening of the head

Uncountable

noun

A craniotomy; usually applied to bisection of a dead fetal head with a saw.

Uncountable

Etymology

From cephalo- + -tomy.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

cephalotomies (plural)

Questions

What does cephalotomy mean?
dissection or opening of the head
Where does cephalotomy come from?
From cephalo- + -tomy.

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