Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proatherosclerotic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: proatheroscle-rot-ic
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That leads to atherosclerosis

Example Sentences

"Generated by ACE, angiotensin II (Ang II) is a powerful vasoconstrictor and a potential proatherosclerotic endogenous compound[17 ]."

Etymology

From pro- + atherosclerotic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pro

Questions

What does proatherosclerotic mean?: That leads to atherosclerosis
Where does proatherosclerotic come from?: From pro- + atherosclerotic.

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