Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rokitansky-aschoff sinus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: roki-tan-sky-aschof-f s-i-nus
IPA

44

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An outpouching of gall bladder mucosa into the gall bladder muscle layer and subserosal tissue, sometimes associated with cholecystitis.

Etymology

Named after Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky (1804–1878), Austrian pathologist, and Ludwig Aschoff (1866–1942), German pathologist.

Inflected Forms

Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses (plural)

Questions

What does rokitansky-aschoff sinus mean?: An outpouching of gall bladder mucosa into the gall bladder muscle layer and subserosal tissue, sometimes associated with cholecystitis.
Where does rokitansky-aschoff sinus come from?: Named after Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky (1804–1878), Austrian pathologist, and Ludwig Aschoff (1866–1942), German pathologist.

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