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maschalyperidrosis

/ˌmæskəlˌaɪpərɪˈdroʊsɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mascha-lyper-idro-sis
IPA
/ˌmæskəlˌaɪpərɪˈdroʊsɪs/
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive sweating in the armpits; axillary hyperhidrosis.

Uncountable

Etymology

From maschal- (“axilla”) + (hy)per- (“over, excessive”) + (h)idrosis (“sweating”), from Ancient Greek μασχάλη (maskhálē, “armpit, axilla”), Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”), and New Latin hidrōsis, from Ancient Greek ἱδρώς (hidrṓs, “sweat”) + -sis; also synchronically held to end in the suffix -osis.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: μασχάλη, ὑπέρ, hidrōsis, ἱδρώς

Usage

Questions

How do you pronounce maschalyperidrosis?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmæskəlˌaɪpərɪˈdroʊsɪs/.
What does maschalyperidrosis mean?
Excessive sweating in the armpits; axillary hyperhidrosis.
Where does maschalyperidrosis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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