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English
Etymology
By haplologic alteration of umbilic- + -ectomy (which reflects the surface analysis of the word). The non-haplologic form would not present any pronunciation difficulties (it would be /ʌmˌbɪlɪˈsɛktoʊmi/), but the fact that the haplologic form both was coined and also was disseminated as the normal form of the word is a testament to the idea that haplology is driven by various cognitive processes besides phonemic ellision.
Pronunciation
Noun
umbilectomy (uncountable)
- (surgery) Synonym of omphalectomy
2015 June 4, Seung Ryeol Lee et al., “The Youngest Korean Case of Urachal Carcinoma”, in Case Reports in Urology, volume 2015, →DOI:The 29-year-old man received extended partial cystectomy and umbilectomy and survived at 17-month follow-up without local recurrence or metastasis.