hypophysectomise

Questions about hypophysectomise

What does hypophysectomise mean?

hypophysectomise means "remove the pituitary glands".

How many syllables are in hypophysectomise?

hypophysectomise has 6 syllables: hy-po-phy-sec-to-mise. The stress falls on "sec".

What is another word for hypophysectomise?

Close synonyms include hypophysectomize. 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 hypophysectomise a common word?

hypophysectomise 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.