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cardiolysis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-di-ol-y-sis
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The freeing the heart from its adhesions to the sternal periosteum, typically in adhesive mediastinopericarditis

Etymology

From cardio- + -lysis.

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

hydrolysis electrolysis glycolysis pyrolysis hemolysis proteolysis rhabdomyolysis autolysis osteolysis glycogenolysis heterolysis histolysis

Questions

What does cardiolysis mean?
The freeing the heart from its adhesions to the sternal periosteum, typically in adhesive mediastinopericarditis
Where does cardiolysis come from?
From cardio- + -lysis.

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