Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypertrophous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-trop-hous
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dated

Example Sentences

"The left ventricle is dilated, its parietes hypertrophous, and seven or eight lines in thickness towards the base."

Etymology

From hypertroph(y) + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hypertrophy
Suffix: -ous

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more hypertrophous (comparative) most hypertrophous (superlative)

Questions

What does hypertrophous mean?: Hypertrophic.
Where does hypertrophous come from?: From hypertroph(y) + -ous.

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