Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wallace rule of nines

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables: wal-lace rule of nines
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A tool used in prehospital and emergency medicine to estimate the total body surface area affected by a burn, assigning percentages (mostly 9%) to various major body parts.

Etymology

Published by Scottish plastic surgeon Alexander Burns Wallace (1906–1974) in 1951.

Inflected Forms

the Wallace rule of nines (canonical)

Questions

What does wallace rule of nines mean?: A tool used in prehospital and emergency medicine to estimate the total body surface area affected by a burn, assigning percentages (mostly 9%) to various major body parts.
Where does wallace rule of nines come from?: Published by Scottish plastic surgeon Alexander Burns Wallace (1906–1974) in 1951.

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