gastrotomy

gas·trot·o·my

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ga-strot-uh-mee]
- /gæˈstrɒt ə mi/
- /ɡastrˈɒtəmi/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ga-strot-uh-mee]
- /gæˈstrɒt ə mi/

Definitions of gastrotomy word

noun plural gastrotomy the operation of cutting into the stomach. 1
noun gastrotomy (surgery) Any form of incision into the stomach. 1
noun gastrotomy surgical incision into the stomach 0

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Origin of gastrotomy

First appearance:

before 1650

One of the 45% oldest English words

First recorded in 1650-60; gastro- + -tomy

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Parts of speech for Gastrotomy

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Gastrotomy

gastrotomy popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

gastrotomy usage trend in Literature

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