Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glomerulo-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glomeru-lo-
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Etymology

From glomerulus, from New Latin glomerulus, from glomus (“ball-shaped mass”) (stem glomer-) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, glomerul- + -o-.

Word Breakdown

Root: glomerulus
Suffix: glomus

Inflected Forms

glomerul- (alternative)

Questions

What does glomerulo- mean?: glomerulus
Where does glomerulo- come from?: From glomerulus, from New Latin glomerulus, from glomus (“ball-shaped mass”) (stem glomer-) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, glomerul- + -o-.

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