Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypoenhance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-poen-hance
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To produce hypoenhancement.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"With the exception of subtle perilesional enhancement, the metastases hypoenhance relative to liver in all phases."
"The enhancement characteristics of a PNET on CT may also have prognostic value, as lesions that hypoenhance on CT scan tend to have worse overall survival than lesions that are isoenhancing or hyperenhancing (5-year survival 54% vs 89% vs 93%)."
"Most (78%) lesions overall hypoenhance compared with background parenchyma."

Etymology

From hypo- + enhance.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hypo

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

hypoenhances (present, singular) hypoenhancing (participle, present) hypoenhanced (participle, past) hypoenhanced (past)

Questions

What does hypoenhance mean?: To produce hypoenhancement.
Where does hypoenhance come from?: From hypo- + enhance.

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