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uvulectomy

American

[yoo-vyuh-lek-tuh-mee] / ˌju vjəˈlɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

excision of the uvula.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

uvulectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of uvulectomy

uvul(a) + -ectomy

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