Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dysventilation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dysven-ti-la-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The failure of a ventilation process to work correctly.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line."

Etymology

From dys- + ventilation.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dys

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does dysventilation mean?: The failure of a ventilation process to work correctly.
Where does dysventilation come from?: From dys- + ventilation.

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