Etymograph

English

lesionectomy

From lesion + -ectomy.

Formed from lesion + -ectomy

Latin laedō ‘to strike, collide, hurt’

Latin laesiō ‘hurt, harm, injury’

Old French lesion ‘hurt, offense, wrong, injury, wound’

Middle English lesioun ‘physical injuring of the body’

English lesion

Today it means

noun Surgical resection of a lesion, usually as a treatment for epilepsy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / lesionectomy