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somnoplasty

somnoplasty noun: a medical treatment for snoring, nasal obstruction, or apnea, using radiofrequency ablation to shrink the tissues that are causing the problem.

Noun

somnoplasty (uncountable)

  1. A medical treatment for snoring, nasal obstruction, or apnea, using radiofrequency ablation to shrink the tissues that are causing the problem.

Origin of somnoplasty

From somno- + -plasty.

Questions about somnoplasty

What does somnoplasty mean?
Somnoplasty means a medical treatment for snoring, nasal obstruction, or apnea, using radiofrequency ablation to shrink the tissues that are causing the problem.
What part of speech is somnoplasty?
Somnoplasty is a noun.

Words near somnoplasty in the dictionary

  1. somnopathy
  2. somnopentyl
  3. somnophilia
  4. somnophiliac
  5. somnophiliacs
  6. somnoplasty
  7. somnorific
  8. somnos
  9. Somnus
  10. Somo
  11. Somoge

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