Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microalveolar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-croalve-o-lar
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised by very small alveoli

Etymology

From micro- + alveolar.

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

bronchioloalveolar interalveolar nonalveolar dentialveolar trimalleolar bimalleolar intermalleolar perialveolar transmalleolar retromalleolar labioalveolar intraalveolar

Questions

What does microalveolar mean?
Characterised by very small alveoli
Where does microalveolar come from?
From micro- + alveolar.

How to pronounce microalveolar

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