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cheilectomy

cheilectomy noun: a surgical procedure that removes bone spurs from the base of the big toe.

Noun

cheilectomy (plural cheilectomies)

  1. A surgical procedure that removes bone spurs from the base of the big toe.

cheilectomy meaning in Tamil

cheilectomy in Tamil

உதடுநீக்கம், உதடுவெட்டு, மூட்டின் மிக வளர்ச்சி நீக்கம்

Forms of cheilectomy

pluralcheilectomies

Origin of cheilectomy

From cheilo- + -ectomy, in reference to the dorsal osteophytic lip.

Words that rhyme with cheilectomy

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Questions about cheilectomy

What does cheilectomy mean?
Cheilectomy means a surgical procedure that removes bone spurs from the base of the big toe.
What is cheilectomy in Tamil?
Cheilectomy in Tamil is உதடுநீக்கம், உதடுவெட்டு, மூட்டின் மிக வளர்ச்சி நீக்கம். See Cheilectomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cheilectomy?
Cheilectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of cheilectomy?
The plural of cheilectomy is cheilectomies.

Words near cheilectomy in the dictionary

  1. cheikhs
  2. cheilanthifoline
  3. cheilanthoid
  4. cheilanthoids
  5. cheilectomies
  6. cheilectomy
  7. cheilion
  8. cheilions
  9. cheilitides
  10. cheilitis
  11. cheilo-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cheilectomy (page history and authors); cheilectomy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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