Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postcaustic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: post-caus-tic
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Following destruction of tissue

Example Sentences

"In our study, 66 out of 226 (29.2%) incidents of foreign bodies' ingestion were associated with underlying pathologies including esophageal and hypopharyngeal cancer, postcaustic injury benign stenosis, esophageal stricture, and anastomoses."

Etymology

From post- + caustic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post

Questions

What does postcaustic mean?: Following destruction of tissue
Where does postcaustic come from?: From post- + caustic.

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