Etymology

pulpotomy

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Today it means: The surgical removal of part of the dental pulp Full definition →

Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) ← Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ← English pulp
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The story

  1. Englishpulp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  3. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  4. English todaypulpotomy

From pulp + -otomy.

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