trachel-

combining form

variants or trachelo-

1

a

: neck

trachelology

b

: cervical and

tracheloscapular

2

: necklike anatomical structure : cervix 2a

tracheloplasty

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek trachēl-, trachēlo-, from trachēlos

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