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ESOPHAGOTOMY

Definition: ESOPHAGOTOMY

ESOPHAGOTOMY

Noun

1. The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Esophagotomy \E*soph`a*got"o*my\, noun. [from Greek expression o'isofa`gos the esophagus te`mnein to cut.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Rhyming with "ESOPHAGOTOMY"

Words rhyming with "ESOPHAGOTOMY" (pronounced 'E*soph`a*got"o*my'): Academy, Adenotomy, Adesmy, Adynamy, Agronomy, Alchemy, Allogamy, Anatomy, Andranatomy, Androtomy, Angiotomy, Anomy, Antinomy, Aplotomy, Apogamy, Aponeurotomy, Archenemy, Army, Arrhytmy, Arteriotomy, Astronomy, Atimy, Autogamy, Autonomy, Belamy, BIGAMY, Bionomy, Blasphemy, Blosmy, Bronchotomy, Capsulotomy, Celotomy, Cephalotomy, Chalazogamy, Chasmy, Chirognomy, Chironomy, Cholecystotomy, Chondrotomy, Cirsotomy, Clammy, Cleronomy, Coenogamy, Colotomy, Craniognomy, Craniotomy, Crummy, Cystotomy, Dactylonomy, Demonomy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ESOPHAGOTOMY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-h-m-o-o-o-p-s-t-y"

-3 letters: apothegms, hypostome.

-4 letters: apothegm, apothems, homestay, omophagy, oophytes, postgame.

-5 letters: apothem, empathy, gestapo, homages, hoopoes, hostage, hypogea, myosote, ohmages, oompahs, oophyte, osteoma, photogs, postage, potages, shampoo, smoothy, teapoys, teashop, toyshop, typhose.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ESOPHAGOTOMY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 53 4F 50 48 41 47 4F 54 4F 4D 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01010011 01001111 01010000 01001000 01000001 01000111 01001111 01010100 01001111 01001101 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0053 004F 0050 0048 0041 0047 004F 0054 004F 004D 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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