Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

excisor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-cisor
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who excises, especially one who performs female genital cutting.

Example Sentences

"Typically, traditional excisors have carried out the procedure, but recently a discouraging trend has emerged in some countries where medical professionals are increasingly performing the procedure."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excīsor. By surface analysis, excise + -or.

Inflected Forms

excisors (plural)

Questions

What does excisor mean?: One who excises, especially one who performs female genital cutting.
Where does excisor come from?: Borrowed from Latin excīsor. By surface analysis, excise + -or.

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