parophthalmoncus
/ˌpærɒfθælmˈɒŋkəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Etymology
From par- (“near”) + ophthalm(o) (“eye”) + -oncus (“tumor”), from Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “beside, near”), Ancient Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”), and Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “tumor”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: παρά, ὀφθαλμός, ὄγκος