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PHARYNGOTOMY

Definitions: PHARYNGOTOMY

PHARYNGOTOMY

Noun

1. Scarification or incision of the tonsils.

2. The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumor or anything that obstructs the passage.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Pharyngotomy \Phar`yn*got"o*my\, noun. [Pharynx Greek expression to cut: compare to the French expression pharyngotomie.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "PHARYNGOTOMY"

Words rhyming with "PHARYNGOTOMY" (pronounced 'Phar`yn*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, Dysnomy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PHARYNGOTOMY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-h-m-n-o-o-p-r-t-y-y"

-2 letters: nomography, tomography.

-3 letters: monograph, monophagy, nomograph, phonogram, photogram, taphonomy.

-4 letters: agronomy, myograph, myopathy, omophagy, toponymy.

-5 letters: agoroth, atrophy, gryphon, harmony, harpoon, hymnary, paronym, patroon, phantom, pronota, taproom, toponym, tympano, tympany, typhoon.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-h-m-n-o-o-p-r-t-y-y"
 

+4 letters: sphygmomanometry.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PHARYNGOTOMY


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

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