heredodegenerative
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Both hereditary and degenerative.
Example Sentences
- "In one of the largest series of lingual dystonia cases, Esper et al. reported that 41% of cases were secondary to medications, 18% heredodegenerative and post encephalitic, 12% generalized dystonia and 29% focal primary lingual dystonia. Similarly, tremor of the tongue can be caused by parkinsonism, alcoholism and thyrotoxicosis."
Etymology
From heredo- + degenerative.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: heredo