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dentatectomy

dentatectomy noun: destruction of the dentate nucleus of the cerebellum.

Noun

dentatectomy (plural dentatectomies)

  1. Destruction of the dentate nucleus of the cerebellum

Forms of dentatectomy

pluraldentatectomies

Origin of dentatectomy

From dentate + -ectomy.

Words that rhyme with dentatectomy

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Questions about dentatectomy

What does dentatectomy mean?
Dentatectomy means destruction of the dentate nucleus of the cerebellum.
What part of speech is dentatectomy?
Dentatectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of dentatectomy?
The plural of dentatectomy is dentatectomies.

Words near dentatectomy in the dictionary

  1. dentate gyrus
  2. dentate gyruses
  3. dentate nuclei
  4. dentate nucleus
  5. dentatectomies
  6. dentatectomy
  7. dentated
  8. dentately
  9. dentatherinid
  10. dentatherinids
  11. dentation

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