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单词 tonguectomy
释义

tonguectomy

English

Etymology

From tongue + -ectomy (surgical removal).

Noun

tonguectomy (countable and uncountable, plural tonguectomies)

  1. (rare, informal) The surgical removal of the tongue.
    • 2006, Laura Jensen Walker, Reconstructing Natalie, Nashville, TN: WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 70:
      I grabbed the proffered knife—still covered with crumbs of red velvet and smears of frosting—and advanced upon Merritt. “So would this would be considered a tonguectomy?”
      “Maybe more of a foot-in-mouthectomy.” Merritt still looked stricken.

Synonyms

  • glossectomy
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