Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

papillotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pa-pil-lo-to-my
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

incision into a papilla

Etymology

From papilla + -otomy.

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Questions

What does papillotomy mean?
incision into a papilla
Where does papillotomy come from?
From papilla + -otomy.

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