laminectomy
noun
laminectomy is a noun meaning “The surgical procedure to remove the bony arch or lamina from one or more vertebrae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-M-I-N-E-C-T-O-M-Y, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of laminectomy is laminectomies.
What does laminectomy mean?
noun
- 1
The surgical procedure to remove the bony arch or lamina from one or more vertebrae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of laminectomy
- laminectomies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is laminectomy?
Laminectomy appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does laminectomy come from?
From lamino- + -ectomy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).