Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dysontogenic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dyson-to-genic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"They include asynchronous differentiation of nephrons (immature “fetal” glomeruli and tubules); persistent mesenchyme; persistent metanephric ducts; atypical tubular epithelium; and dysontogenic metaplasia [21 ]."

Etymology

From dys- + ontogenic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dys

Questions

What does dysontogenic mean?: dysontogenetic
Where does dysontogenic come from?: From dys- + ontogenic.

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