papillotomy etymology

English word papillotomy comes from English papilla ((anatomy) A nipple-like anatomical structure.), English -otomy

Detailed word origin of papillotomy

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
papilla English (eng) (anatomy) A nipple-like anatomical structure.
-otomy English (eng)
papillotomy English (eng) (surgery) incision into a papilla.

Words with the same origin as papillotomy

Descendants of papilla
papilloma papillulate papillule
Descendants of -otomy
amygdalotomy annulotomy corpus callosotomy cricothyroidotomy frenotomy hyaloidotomy hymenotomy mastotomy prostatotomy thyroidotomy tympanotomy ureterotomy