Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epiglottidectomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
epiglot-tidec-to-my
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

excision of (part of) the epiglottis

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does epiglottidectomy mean?
excision of (part of) the epiglottis

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