Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

histiocytoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: his-ti-o-cy-toid
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a histiocyte.

Example Sentences

"Among the infiltrating inflammatory cells, spindle-shaped, histiocytoid or myoid tumor cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm were found."

Etymology

From histiocyte + -oid = histio- + cyte + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: histio
Suffix: histiocyte, cyte

Inflected Forms

more histiocytoid (comparative) most histiocytoid (superlative)

Questions

What does histiocytoid mean?: Resembling a histiocyte.
Where does histiocytoid come from?: From histiocyte + -oid = histio- + cyte + -oid.

How to pronounce histiocytoid

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “histiocytoid”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “histiocytoid”.
Repeat and practice — Say “histiocytoid” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.