hypophysectomize

Questions about hypophysectomize

What does hypophysectomize mean?

hypophysectomize means "remove the pituitary glands".

How many syllables are in hypophysectomize?

hypophysectomize has 6 syllables and divides as hy-po-phy-sec-to-mize under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hypophysectomize?

Close synonyms include hypophysectomise. 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 hypophysectomize a common word?

hypophysectomize 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.