bichectomia

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Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

bichectomia

Etymology

From (bola de) Bichat +‎ -ectomia

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.ʃek.toˈmi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.ʃek.toˈmi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.ʃɨ.ktuˈmi.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.t͡ʃɨ.ktuˈmi.ɐ/

Rhymes: -iɐ

Noun

bichectomia f (plural bichectomias)

bichectomy, buccal fat removal (surgery that removes a piece of buccal fat-pad tissue from each side of the face)

Further reading

“bichectomia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

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