psychosurgery
noun
psychosurgery is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-S-U-R-G-E-R-Y: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, psychosurgery means “Surgery of the brain to treat or alleviate mental illness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of psychosurgery is psychosurgeries.
How many letters and syllables are in psychosurgery?
| Letters | 13: P-S-Y-C-H-O-S-U-R-G-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is psychosurgery?
Psychosurgery appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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).
Forms of psychosurgery
- psychosurgeries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does psychosurgery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Surgery of the brain to treat or alleviate mental illness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).