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microabrade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-croabrade
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To abrade microscopically; to make a microabrasion on.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- English abrade English microabrade From micro- + abrade.

Usage

Inflected Forms

microabrades (present, singular) microabrading (participle, present) microabraded (participle, past) microabraded (past)

Questions

What does microabrade mean?
To abrade microscopically; to make a microabrasion on.
Where does microabrade come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- English abrade English microabrade From micro- + abrade.

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