English Explanatory Dictionary

velopharyngoplasty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. repair of the soft palate and the pharynx

Word forms

velopharyngoplasty velopharyngoplasties

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weg-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *wekslom Latin vēlumder. English velo- Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx)bor. New Latin pharynxder. English pharyngo- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós)der. English -plasty English pharyngoplasty English velopharyngoplasty From velo- + pharyngoplasty.

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