sympathectomy
noun
sympathectomy is spelled S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-E-C-T-O-M-Y: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sympathectomy means “The surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sympathectomy is sympathectomies.
How many letters and syllables are in sympathectomy?
| Letters | 13: S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-E-C-T-O-M-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th 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 sympathectomy?
Sympathectomy appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th 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 sympathectomy
- sympathectomies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sympathectomy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sympathectomy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sympathectomie |
| Spanish | simpatectomía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sympathectomy come from?
From sympath(o)- + -ectomy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).