Word: tarsectomy
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tar
sec
to
my
Definition: The operation of removing one or more tarsi (plates of connective tissue, one found in each eyelid).
Morphemes:
Affix: tarsus
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control.
Affix: -ectomy
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Surgical removal of.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἐκ
Language: grc
Decoded: ek
Meaning: out
Affix: τέμνω
Language: grc
Decoded: temno
Meaning: to cut