Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oligocone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oligo-cone
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a reduced number of functioning cone cells.

Example Sentences

"Final diagnoses of participating subjects included RP (34 cases), cone-rod dystrophy (23 cases), cone dystrophy (eight cases), macular dystrophy (eight cases), Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA; three cases), achromatopsia (three cases) and oligocone trichromacy (two cases)."

Etymology

From oligo- + cone.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: oligo

Questions

What does oligocone mean?: Having a reduced number of functioning cone cells.
Where does oligocone come from?: From oligo- + cone.

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