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vagotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
vago-to-my
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers.

Etymology

Etymology tree English vago- Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English vagotomy From vago- + -tomy.

Inflected Forms

vagotomies (plural)

Derived Forms

bivagotomy postvagotomy vagotomize

Questions

What does vagotomy mean?
The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers.
Where does vagotomy come from?
Etymology tree English vago- Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English vagotomy From vago- + -tomy.

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