Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

echinocytosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: echinocy-to-sis
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The presence of echinocytes in the blood

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It is likely that the echinocytosis is the cause of the hemolytic anaemia as well [68 ]."

Etymology

From echinocyte + -osis.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: echinocyte

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does echinocytosis mean?: The presence of echinocytes in the blood
Where does echinocytosis come from?: From echinocyte + -osis.

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