herniotomy

[hur-nee-ot-uh-mee]

her·ni·ot·o·my

[hur-nee-ot-uh-mee]
noun, plural her·ni·ot·o·mies. Surgery.
correction of a hernia by a cutting procedure.

Origin:
1805–15; hernio- + -tomy
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Herniotomy has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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herniotomy her·ni·ot·o·my (hûr'nē-ŏt'ə-mē)
n.
The surgical correction of a hernia by cutting through a band of tissue that constricts it. Also called celotomy.

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