"apostrophectomy" meaning in English

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        "2": "apostrophe",
        "3": "ectomy"
      },
      "expansion": "apostrophe + -ectomy",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From apostrophe + -ectomy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "apostrophectomies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "apostrophectomy (plural apostrophectomies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000 March 30, Arnold Zwicky, “Re: I'm *famous*”, in soc.motss (Usenet), retrieved 2017-03-07, message-ID <8bvtf0$p7d@Turing.Stanford.EDU>:",
          "text": "apostrophectomy is a famously painful procedure, and the rate of reinfection is very high. there are also many attested cases where a perfectly functional apostrophe was inappropriately excised.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 June 13, David, “Re: The World Quiz League, it's rolling”, in alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe (Usenet), retrieved 2017-03-07, message-ID <4cbe87bc27david@dacha.freeuk.com>:",
          "text": "Apostrophectomy might not be pleasant but I don't think it's illegal.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 July 14, Marc Lostracco, “Cruller Intentions”, in Torontoist, archived from the original on 2016-09-10:",
          "text": "It [Tim Hortons] received an apostrophectomy around the same time to accommodate Quebec language laws and was spun off entirely to shareholders by 2006, remaining registered in corporate haven Delaware.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The removal of incorrect apostrophes, especially those wrongly used to form plurals (greengrocer's apostrophes)."
      ],
      "id": "en-apostrophectomy-en-noun-1LtCAM2r",
      "links": [
        [
          "apostrophe",
          "apostrophe"
        ],
        [
          "greengrocer's apostrophe",
          "greengrocer's apostrophe"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "apostrophectomy"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "apostrophe",
        "3": "ectomy"
      },
      "expansion": "apostrophe + -ectomy",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From apostrophe + -ectomy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "apostrophectomies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "apostrophectomy (plural apostrophectomies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -ectomy",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000 March 30, Arnold Zwicky, “Re: I'm *famous*”, in soc.motss (Usenet), retrieved 2017-03-07, message-ID <8bvtf0$p7d@Turing.Stanford.EDU>:",
          "text": "apostrophectomy is a famously painful procedure, and the rate of reinfection is very high. there are also many attested cases where a perfectly functional apostrophe was inappropriately excised.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 June 13, David, “Re: The World Quiz League, it's rolling”, in alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe (Usenet), retrieved 2017-03-07, message-ID <4cbe87bc27david@dacha.freeuk.com>:",
          "text": "Apostrophectomy might not be pleasant but I don't think it's illegal.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 July 14, Marc Lostracco, “Cruller Intentions”, in Torontoist, archived from the original on 2016-09-10:",
          "text": "It [Tim Hortons] received an apostrophectomy around the same time to accommodate Quebec language laws and was spun off entirely to shareholders by 2006, remaining registered in corporate haven Delaware.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "The removal of incorrect apostrophes, especially those wrongly used to form plurals (greengrocer's apostrophes)."
      ],
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        ],
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          "greengrocer's apostrophe",
          "greengrocer's apostrophe"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "word": "apostrophectomy"
}