rhizotomy

1. 1.

   surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms

   Broaderoperation

Other forms of rhizotomy

plural

rhizotomies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rhizotomy

What does rhizotomy mean?

rhizotomy means "surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms".

How many syllables are in rhizotomy?

rhizotomy has 4 syllables: rhi-zo-to-my. The stress falls on "zo".

Is rhizotomy a common word?

rhizotomy 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.