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encephaloid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
en-cephaloid
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling the brain (cerebriform), or the material of the brain.

Dated

noun

A malignant cancer of brain-like consistency.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From encephalo- + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more encephaloid (comparative) most encephaloid (superlative) encephaloids (plural)

Questions

What does encephaloid mean?
Resembling the brain (cerebriform), or the material of the brain.
Where does encephaloid come from?
From encephalo- + -oid.

How to pronounce encephaloid

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