Word: pleurectomy
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pleu
rec
to
my
Definition: Removal of part of the pleura; the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest
Morphemes:
Affix: pleura
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Plural of pleuron. A lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an arthropod between the tergum and the sternum.
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