Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vitaminosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vi-ta-minosis
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any disease caused by the presence of (excess) vitamins

Example Sentences

"The definitions of hypo vitaminosis or hyper vitaminosis are more controversial."

Etymology

From vitamin + -osis.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vitamin

Inflected Forms

vitaminoses (plural)

Questions

What does vitaminosis mean?: Any disease caused by the presence of (excess) vitamins
Where does vitaminosis come from?: From vitamin + -osis.

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