Synonyms & related words for pleurotomy

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Words related to pleurotomy

Explore words related to pleurotomy — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include thoracotomy, nephrotomy, salpingotomy, sclerotomy, incision, centesis, uterotomy, pancreatotomy. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does pleurotomy come from?

The word pleurotomy breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: pleuro, from Greek pleura (“side, rib”); tom, from Greek tome (“a cutting (temnein 'to cut')”); and -y, from Greek ia (“act, process”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.