Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encephalotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
en-cephalo-to-my
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The dissection or incision of the brain.

Uncountable

Etymology

From encephalo- + -tomy.

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Questions

What does encephalotomy mean?
The dissection or incision of the brain.
Where does encephalotomy come from?
From encephalo- + -tomy.

How to pronounce encephalotomy

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