English

lymphonodectomy

From lympho- + node + -ectomy.

Formed from lympho- + node + -ectomy

Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη ‘bride, young girl’

Latin lympha ‘water, water nymph’

Latin nōdus ‘a knot (in rope)’

Middle English node ‘knot, tie’

English node

Today it means

noun The removal of the lymph nodes

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

Etymograph / lymphonodectomy