Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

galactographic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: galac-to-graph-ic
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to galactography, the use of X-rays to evaluate breast fluid.

adj

Pertaining to galactography; to the charting and mapping galaxies.

Example Sentences

"We follow the galactogram with sonography, whether or not the galactogram is successful, posititve, or negative. The ultrasound can be useful regardless of the galactographic results."
"Nor were the galactographic verities of the situation lost upon Stettin."
"Is there some place here where we can make some galactographic computations?"
"This new planet didn't have a name. It could just about support life, but not a lot, and as opposed to Beta Caprisis—where entirely too many interesting things had happened for it to be inhabited—this planet simply wasn't interesting enough. It had a galactographic classification, in a desultory sort of way, but for various reasons you‟re not going to get it out of me."

Etymology

From galactography (“x-ray examination used to evaluate breast fluid”) + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: galactography

Inflected Forms

more galactographic (comparative) most galactographic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

ductographic galactogram galactographer

Questions

What does galactographic mean?: Pertaining to galactography, the use of X-rays to evaluate breast fluid.
Where does galactographic come from?: From galactography (“x-ray examination used to evaluate breast fluid”) + -ic.

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