Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cryothalamectomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cryotha-la-mec-to-my
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Destruction of (part of) the thalamus by means of extreme cold

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From cryo- + thalamectomy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cryo

Usage

Inflected Forms

cryothalamectomies (plural)

Questions

What does cryothalamectomy mean?: Destruction of (part of) the thalamus by means of extreme cold
Where does cryothalamectomy come from?: From cryo- + thalamectomy.

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