Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-co-to-my
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of discectomy.

Etymology

From disc + -otomy = disc + -otomy = disco- + -tomy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: disc, disco
Suffix: -otomy, disc, tomy

Inflected Forms

discotomies (plural)

Synonyms

discectomy

Questions

What does discotomy mean?: Synonym of discectomy.
Where does discotomy come from?: From disc + -otomy = disc + -otomy = disco- + -tomy.

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