ovariosalpingectomy
Syllables
o-va-ri-o-sal-pin-gec-to-my
Pronunciation
/ˌoʊvɛəri.oʊsæl.pɪŋˈdʒɛk.tə.mi/
Stress
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Morphemes
o- + salping- + -ectomy
Ovariosalpingectomy is a noun denoting a surgical procedure. It's divided into nine syllables: o-va-ri-o-sal-pin-gec-to-my, with primary stress on 'sal'. The word is composed of Greek and Latin roots and suffixes, and its syllabification follows standard English rules of maximizing onsets and vowel inclusion.
Definitions
- 1
Surgical removal of an ovary and a fallopian tube.
“The patient underwent an ovariosalpingectomy due to suspected ovarian cancer.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('sal').
Syllables
o — Open syllable, vowel onset.. va — Open syllable, vowel onset.. ri — Open syllable, vowel onset.. o — Open syllable, vowel onset.. sal — Open syllable, maximizing onsets.. pin — Closed syllable, consonant coda.. gec — Closed syllable, consonant coda, soft 'g'. to — Open syllable, vowel onset.. my — Open syllable, vowel onset.
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Closed Syllables
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- The soft 'g' sound before 'e' in 'gec'.
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