Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thermoplasty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ther-mo-plas-ty
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A treatment for asthma that involves the softening of the walls of the airways (especially the bronchus) by the application of heat

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From thermo- + -plasty.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

thermoplasties (plural)

Derived Forms

bronchothermoplasty

Questions

What does thermoplasty mean?
A treatment for asthma that involves the softening of the walls of the airways (especially the bronchus) by the application of heat
Where does thermoplasty come from?
From thermo- + -plasty.

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