English
flocculectomy
From floccule + -ectomy.
Formed from floccule + -ectomy
Latin floccus ‘tuft, wisp of wool’
Latin flocculus ‘diminutive of floccus: a small tuft’
English floccule
Today it means
noun excision of a floccule of the brain
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flocculectomy