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sympathectomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
sym-pa-thec-to-my
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system.

Etymology

From sympath(o)- + -ectomy.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sympathectomies (plural)

Derived Forms

sympathectomize

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does sympathectomy mean?
The surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system.
Where does sympathectomy come from?
From sympath(o)- + -ectomy.

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