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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mucosectomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mu-co-sec-to-my
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A partial resection of the wall of the bowel (as deep as the submucosa)

Etymology

From mucosa + -ectomy.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

mucosectomies (plural)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does mucosectomy mean?
A partial resection of the wall of the bowel (as deep as the submucosa)
Where does mucosectomy come from?
From mucosa + -ectomy.

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