tonguectomy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The surgical removal of the tongue. countable,informal,rare,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

tonguectomies plural

词源

From tongue + -ectomy (“surgical removal”).
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