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pollicization

pollicization noun: a plastic surgery technique in which a thumb is created from an existing finger, typically by migrating the index finger to the position of the thumb.

Noun

pollicization (uncountable)

  1. A plastic surgery technique in which a thumb is created from an existing finger, typically by migrating the index finger to the position of the thumb.

pollicization meaning in Tamil

pollicization in Tamil

கட்டை விரல் மாற்றம், கட்டைவிரல் பதியம்

Origin of pollicization

See pollex (“thumb”), + -ization.

Questions about pollicization

What does pollicization mean?
Pollicization means a plastic surgery technique in which a thumb is created from an existing finger, typically by migrating the index finger to the position of the thumb.
What is pollicization in Tamil?
Pollicization in Tamil is கட்டை விரல் மாற்றம், கட்டைவிரல் பதியம். See Pollicization meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pollicization?
Pollicization is a noun.

Words near pollicization in the dictionary

  1. pollicipedid
  2. pollicipedids
  3. pollicisation
  4. pollicitation
  5. pollicitations
  6. pollicization
  7. Pollick
  8. Pollicks
  9. pollicy
  10. pollie
  11. pollies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pollicization (page history and authors); pollicization (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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