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Enterotomy

Definition: Enterotomy

Enterotomy

Noun

1. Surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Enterotomy \En`ter*ot"o*my\, noun. [Greek expression an intestine te`mnein to cut.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Synonym: Enterotomy

Synonym: enterostomy (n). (additional references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Enterotomy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

enterotomy

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Enterotomy

Language Translations for "enterotomy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Norwegian

  

tarmbrokk. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

enterotomyay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Enterotomy"

Words rhyming with "enterotomy" (pronounced 'En`ter*ot"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: Enterotomy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-m-n-o-o-r-t-t-y"

-1 letter: tonometer, tonometry.

-2 letters: roomette, tenotomy.

-3 letters: moneyer, montero, mooneye, torment.

-4 letters: emoter, enroot, etymon, mentor, meteor, mooter, moreen, netter, remote, rotten, tenter, toneme, tooter, torten, yeomen.

-5 letters: emery, emote, enemy, enorm, enter, entry, meter, metre, metro, money, monte, moony, moory, moron, motet, motey, motor, motte, motto, netty, noter, onery, otter, remet, rente, retem, romeo, roomy.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-m-n-o-o-r-t-t-y"
 

+1 letter: enterostomy.

 

+5 letters: contemporaneity.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Enterotomy


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

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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 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101111 01110100 01101111 01101101 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006E 0074 0065 0072 006F 0074 006F 006D 0079

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. Synonyms
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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