euboxic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "For we seem to have created a situation in which medical cyberspace seems more real to us than the sick patient in the bed. What are the consequences of this bargain? ¶ To begin with, there is the gallows humor about the patient who dies with her electrolytes in perfect order (“she was euboxic”—an ironic expression that refers to the little boxes in the medical record where electrolyte values are recorded)."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)der. English eu- English box Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English euboxic From eu- + box + -ic.