dacryocystotomy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A surgical incision into the lacrimal sac.
Etymology
From dacryocyst + -otomy or dacryo- + cysto- + -tomy.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: dacryocyst
- Suffix: -otomy