Etymology

caudectomy

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Today it means: The surgical removal of all or part of an animal's tail. Full definition →

Latin cauda
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcauda“tail”
  2. English todaycaudectomy

From Latin cauda (“tail”) + -ectomy.

Words from the same roots

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