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UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY

Dictionary entry overview: What does uvulopalatopharyngoplasty mean?

• UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY (noun)
The noun UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY has 1 sense:

1. surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)

Familiarity information: UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

palatopharyngoplasty; PPP; UPPP; uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Hypernyms ("uvulopalatopharyngoplasty" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

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