Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chemosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chemo-sis
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Swelling and/or (especially) edema of the conjunctiva of the eye.

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek χυμός (khumós, “juice, fluid, humor”), with reference to edema. By surface analysis, chemo- + -osis, although this is in the nature of a false friend, as the word is not specific to exogenous chemical–induced cases of conjunctival irritation.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: χυμός

Inflected Forms

chemoses (plural)

Derived Forms

chemotic

Questions

What does chemosis mean?: Swelling and/or (especially) edema of the conjunctiva of the eye.
Where does chemosis come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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