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tommy john surgery

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables
tom-my john -surgery
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction.

Countable; Informal; Uncountable

Etymology

From Tommy John, the first professional athlete to undergo the procedure.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Tommy John surgeries (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

UCL

Synonyms

TJS

Questions

What does tommy john surgery mean?
An ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction.
Where does tommy john surgery come from?
From Tommy John, the first professional athlete to undergo the procedure.

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