Meanings
plural tonguectomies
- countableinformalrareuncountableThe surgical removal of the tongue.
I grabbed the proffered knife—still covered with crumbs of red velvet and smears of frosting—and advanced upon Merritt. “So would this would be considered a tonguectomy?” “Maybe more of a foot-in-mouthectomy.” Merritt still looked stricken.
2006, Laura Jensen Walker, Reconstructing Natalie, Nashville, TN: WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 70Synonyms: glossectomy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe surgical removal of the tongue.
Origin
From tongue + -ectomy (“surgical removal”).
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tonguectomy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonguectomy
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