Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tenotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: teno-to-my
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a tendon

Etymology

From teno- + -tomy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: teno
Suffix: tomy

Inflected Forms

tenotomies (plural)

Derived Forms

microtenotomy tenotomist tenotomize

Questions

What does tenotomy mean?: The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a tendon
Where does tenotomy come from?: From teno- + -tomy.

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