Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misingest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: misingest
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ingest by accident.

Example Sentences

"A radiograph of the abdomen indicated that the blade of a hand reamer was misingested in the stomach wall of a young patient who was undergoing endodontic treatment."
"Most misingested dental prostheses are easily removed by endoscope or fall naturally into the stomach."
"A 9-month-old male infant, 8 kg, was referred to our hospital for a known BB in his abdomen, which had been misingested 5 days previously."

Etymology

From mis- + ingest.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misingests (present, singular) misingesting (participle, present) misingested (participle, past) misingested (past)

Questions

What does misingest mean?: To ingest by accident.
Where does misingest come from?: From mis- + ingest.

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