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dacryocystorhinotomy

dacryocystorhinotomy is the alternative form of dacryocystorhinostomy.

Meaning of dacryocystorhinostomy

Noun

dacryocystorhinostomy (plural dacryocystorhinostomies, abbreviation DCR)

  1. a surgical procedure that creates a new passageway between the lacrimal sac and the nasal cavity to bypass a blockage in the normal tear drainage system, allowing tears to drain properly into the nose.

Forms of dacryocystorhinotomy

pluraldacryocystorhinotomies

Origin of dacryocystorhinotomy

From dacryocyst + -o- + rhino- + -tomy.

Questions about dacryocystorhinotomy

What is dacryocystorhinotomy the alternative form of?
Dacryocystorhinotomy is the alternative form of dacryocystorhinostomy.

Words near dacryocystorhinotomy in the dictionary

  1. dacryocystograms
  2. dacryocystography
  3. dacryocystorhinostomies
  4. dacryocystorhinostomy
  5. dacryocystorhinotomies
  6. dacryocystorhinotomy
  7. dacryocystostomy
  8. dacryocystotomies
  9. dacryocystotomy
  10. dacryocysts
  11. dacryocyte

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