English
tarsectomy
From tarsus + -ectomy.
Formed from tarsus + -ectomy
Ancient Greek τᾰρσός ‘the flat of the foot’
New Latin tarsus ‘the flat part of the foot’
English tarsus
Today it means
noun The operation of removing one or more of the bones of the tarsus (cluster of bones in the foot).
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Etymograph / tarsectomy