Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperattenuated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-at-ten-u-at-ed
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

More than usually attenuated

Example Sentences

"We measured the length of hyperattenuated arterial obstructions on non-contrast CT. We calculated HU ratios for each patient to assess attenuation of the obstruction in relation to normal background intra-arterial attenuation as: mean obstruction HU ÷ mean normal vessel HU. We repeated obstruction attenuation measurements, in the same location, on follow-up non-contrast CT. We calculated change in attenuation of the obstruction between the two scans."

Etymology

From hyper- + attenuated.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hyper

Questions

What does hyperattenuated mean?: More than usually attenuated
Where does hyperattenuated come from?: From hyper- + attenuated.

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