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styloidectomy

styloidectomy noun: an operation to reduce the length of a styloid process.

Noun

styloidectomy (countable and uncountable, plural styloidectomies)

  1. An operation to reduce the length of a styloid process.

Forms of styloidectomy

pluralstyloidectomies

Origin of styloidectomy

styloid + -ectomy

Questions about styloidectomy

What does styloidectomy mean?
Styloidectomy means an operation to reduce the length of a styloid process.
What part of speech is styloidectomy?
Styloidectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of styloidectomy?
The plural of styloidectomy is styloidectomies.

Words near styloidectomy in the dictionary

  1. styloid
  2. styloid process
  3. styloid processes
  4. styloid syndrome
  5. styloidectomies
  6. styloidectomy
  7. styloids
  8. stylolite
  9. stylolites
  10. stylolitic
  11. stylomandibular

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