- Analogous to “appendectomy,” but removing a pencil rather than an appendix.
pencilectomy
noun; analogy; compounding
The surgical removal of a pencil.
Etymology : “Pencil” comes from Old French “pincel,” meaning “paint brush,” from Latin “penicillus.” “-ectomy” means “the surgical removal of,” from Greek “-ektomia,”from “-ektemnein,” meaning “to cut out.”
Source : Written in the Cracked article: "5 Medical Urban Legends (That Actually Came True)", 11/08/2013. "The man successfully underwent perhaps the first ever pencilectomy and made a full recovery, although his vision is still blurred in one eye."
Last modified: 25 November 2013