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phrenectomy

phrenectomy noun: the severing of the phrenic nerve.

Noun

phrenectomy (countable and uncountable, plural phrenectomies)

  1. The severing of the phrenic nerve.

Forms of phrenectomy

pluralphrenectomies

Origin of phrenectomy

From phren- + -ectomy.

Words that rhyme with phrenectomy

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Questions about phrenectomy

What does phrenectomy mean?
Phrenectomy means the severing of the phrenic nerve.
What part of speech is phrenectomy?
Phrenectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of phrenectomy?
The plural of phrenectomy is phrenectomies.

Words near phrenectomy in the dictionary

  1. phreatophytic
  2. phren
  3. phren-
  4. phrenalgia
  5. phrenectomies
  6. phrenectomy
  7. phrenemphraxis
  8. phrenes
  9. phreneses
  10. phrenesis
  11. phrenetic

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