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Iridectomy

Definition: Iridectomy

Iridectomy

Noun

1. Surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye.

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

Etymology: Iridectomy \Ir`i*dec"to*my\, noun. [from Greek expression iris cutting out; out to cut.]. (Websters 1913)


Frequency of Internet Keywords: Iridectomy

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

iridectomy

7

iridectomy surgery

4

iridectomy treatment

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Iridectomy

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

Danish

  

iridektomi. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

iridectomie. (various references)

   

French

  

iridectomie. (various references)

   

German

  

Iridektomie, Korektomie. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ιριδεκτομή. (various references)

   

Italian

  

iridectomia. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iridectomyay

   

Portuguese

  

iridectomia. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Iridectomy"

Words rhyming with "iridectomy" (pronounced 'Ir`i*dec"to*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: Iridectomy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: mediocrity.

Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-i-m-o-r-t-y"

-2 letters: dimetric, morticed.

-3 letters: cordite, demotic, dictier, dimeric, diorite, dormice, ericoid, meiotic, mortice, timider.

-4 letters: citied, coedit, comedy, comity, credit, cymoid, dermic, dicier, dimity, dioecy, direct, dormie, dotier, editor, erotic, idiocy, medico, metric, miotic, mitier, mitred, moiety, myotic, rioted, tidier, triced, triode.

-5 letters: cider, cited, citer, coder, comer, comet, comte, cored, coted, coyed, coyer, credo.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-i-m-o-r-t-y"
 

+3 letters: myocarditises.

 

+4 letters: aerodynamicist, clitoridectomy, radiochemistry.

 

+5 letters: aerodynamicists, eudiometrically, radiometrically, thyroidectomies.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Iridectomy


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

49 72 69 64 65 63 74 6F 6D 79

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)

..    .-.    ..    -..    .    -.-.    -    ---    --    -.--.

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

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

01001001 01110010 01101001 01100100 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101111 01101101 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#114 &#105 &#100 &#101 &#99 &#116 &#111 &#109 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 0072 0069 0064 0065 0063 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)

43847570716986817991

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Iridectomy"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrançais, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiontysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηgræker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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