bodig
/ˈboʊ.dɪɡ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A medical condition prevalent on Guam, or an aspect of Lytico-Bodig disease, which causes dementia.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Only by degrees did it become clear to them, and him, that this was an organic malady, an all-too-familiar one, the bodig."
- "Often lumped with lytico owing to clinical, familial, and pathological associations, is the parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam (PDCG), known locally as bodig; 40% of patients with bodig also have lytico. PDCG has its onset in middle[…]"