bichectomia
Portuguese, noun/bi.ʃɛk.toˈmi.ɐ/
bichectomia is spelled B-I-C-H-E-C-T-O-M-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 107,947th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bichectomia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bichectomy, buccal fat removal (surgery that removes a piece of buccal fat-pad tissue from each side of the face)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cirurgia plástica onde as gorduras das bochechas são removidas”.
What does bichectomia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebichectomy, buccal fat removal (surgery that removes a piece of buccal fat-pad tissue from each side of the face)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cirurgia plástica onde as gorduras das bochechas são removidas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bichectomia
- bichectomias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bichectomia?
- Brazil /bi.ʃɛk.toˈmi.ɐ/
- Brazil /bi.ʃɛ.ki.toˈmi.ɐ/
- Brazil /bi.ʃek.toˈmi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bichectomia in Portuguese?
bichectomia appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).