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Wordplayer commented on the word pharyngolaryngooesophagectomy
The surgical removal of the pharynx, larynx and esophagus, usually as a result of cancer of the hypopharynx.
March 17, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word pharyngolaryngooesophagectomy
pharyngolaryngeal esophagectomy is "a more manageable mouthful", for me at least.
March 17, 2011
Wordplayer commented on the word pharyngolaryngooesophagectomy
That's true, and it avoids the somewhat strange double o.
March 17, 2011