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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lesionectomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
le-sionec-to-my
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Surgical resection of a lesion, usually as a treatment for epilepsy.

Etymology

From lesion + -ectomy.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

lesionectomies (plural)

Rhymes With

hysterectomy vasectomy mastectomy appendectomy prostatectomy tonsillectomy gastrectomy lumpectomy splenectomy cholecystectomy nephrectomy laminectomy

Questions

What does lesionectomy mean?
Surgical resection of a lesion, usually as a treatment for epilepsy.
Where does lesionectomy come from?
From lesion + -ectomy.

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