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desmoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
desmoid
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a bundle.

adj

Fibrous; having closely interwoven fibres in bundles.

adj

Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament or fibre; ligamentous, fibrous.

noun

A fibrous tumour.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “chain, bundle”) + -oid.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

desmoids (plural)

Questions

What does desmoid mean?
Pertaining to a bundle.
Where does desmoid come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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