lipectomy

Questions about lipectomy

What does lipectomy mean?

lipectomy means "plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissue".

How many syllables are in lipectomy?

lipectomy has 4 syllables and divides as li-pec-to-my 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 lipectomy?

Close synonyms include selective lipectomy. 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 lipectomy a common word?

lipectomy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.