apostrophectomy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The removal of incorrect apostrophes, especially those wrongly used to form plurals (greengrocer's apostrophes).
    — apostrophectomy is a famously painful procedure, and the rate of reinfection is very high. there are also many attested cases where a perfectly functional apostrophe was inappropriately excised.

词形变化

apostrophectomies plural

词源

From apostrophe + -ectomy.
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