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brainectomies

brainectomies is the plural of brainectomy.

Meaning of brainectomy

Noun

brainectomy (countable and uncountable, plural brainectomies)

  1. (informal) The surgical removal of the brain.
    • With the groundhog monopolizing his thoughts, Hawk meanly wonders whether she would favor universal lobotomy, brainectomy, for her current charges.1980, Helen Faye Rosenblum, Minerva's Turn, New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 91
    Synonyms:
    encephalectomy

Questions about brainectomies

What is brainectomies the plural of?
Brainectomies is the plural of brainectomy.

Words near brainectomies in the dictionary

  1. braindead
  2. braindeads
  3. braindump
  4. braindumps
  5. braine
  6. brainectomies
  7. brainectomy
  8. brained
  9. brainedness
  10. brainer
  11. Brainerd

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