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uvulotome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
uvu-lo-tome
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The surgical instrument used in uvulotomy.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-der. Proto-Italic *oiwā Latin ūva Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Late Latin ūvulabor. English uvula Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English uvulo- English -tome English uvulotome From uvulo- + -tome.

Inflected Forms

uvulotomes (plural)

Questions

What does uvulotome mean?
The surgical instrument used in uvulotomy.
Where does uvulotome come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-der. Proto-Italic *oiwā Latin ūva Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Late Latin ūvulabor. English uvula Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English uvulo- English -tome English uvulotome From uvulo- + -tome.

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