atheroid
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterized by writhing and twisting.
Example Sentences
- "This genus occurs from the Silurian to the close of the Paleozoic, and is common from the middle Devonian up; it is characterized by its concavo-convex form, and the spines along the hinge-line; aa, Seminula argentea (Shep.), a spire-bearing, atheroid shell, one of the commonest Carbonifersous species; […]"
- "It has been shown by Hyde, however, that these shells are spire-bearing with a brachidium of atheroid type."
- "Hands, in this case also, are subject to atrophy of groups of the intrinisc muscles, and exhibit the atheroid movements of the fingers when lying unused, and the "claw-like" configuration when about to pick up an object."
- "Automatic movements, such as sucking and tooth-grinding, and atheroid movements of the limbs, are not uncommon."
- "I couldn't in my wildest imagination imagine severely handicapped, atheroid people packing fish hooks."
- "Hearing loss, common in atheroid cerebral palsy, may profoundly affect speech and communication if not recognised early and compensated for."
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Inflected Forms
more atheroid (comparative)
most atheroid (superlative)