tonguectomy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tongue + -ectomy (“surgical removal”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Noun[edit]
tonguectomy (countable and uncountable, plural tonguectomies)
- (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.