hamartous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Growing in a disorganized fashion.
Example Sentences
- "Seven primary brain tumors or hamartous lesions ( lipomas) were found in treated animals, with no apparent correlation with exposure to either radiation or magnetic fields."
- "Congenital cystic lung lesion characterized by the presence of abnormal bronchiolar structures of hamartous character and of varying size and/or distribution."
- "Hemangiomas that manifest at birth often regress over the early years of life although some have a hamartous behavior – enlarging as the child grows."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἁμαρτία (hamartía) + -ous.