autotomise

Questions about autotomise

What does autotomise mean?

autotomise means "cause a body part to undergo autotomy".

How many syllables are in autotomise?

autotomise has 4 syllables: au-to-to-mise. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for autotomise?

Close synonyms include autotomize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is autotomise a common word?

autotomise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.