umbilectomy

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

Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

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^[1], 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.