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tonsilotome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ton-silo-tome
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instrument for removing the tonsils.

Archaic

Etymology

From tonsil + -o- + -tome.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tonsilotomes (plural)

Questions

What does tonsilotome mean?
An instrument for removing the tonsils.
Where does tonsilotome come from?
From tonsil + -o- + -tome.

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