Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemangiopericytoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: he-man-gioper-i-cy-toma
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sarcoma of the soft tissue that originates in the pericytes in the walls of capillaries.

Example Sentences

"The cause was hemangiopericytoma, a rare vascular cancer, said his wife, Dizzy Cox."

Etymology

From hemangiopericyte + -oma (“neoplastic tumor”), the former from hemangio- + pericyte.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hemangiopericyte, hemangio-
Suffix: -oma, pericyte

Inflected Forms

hemangiopericytomas (plural) hemangiopericytomata (plural)

Synonyms

hemangiocytoma

Questions

What does hemangiopericytoma mean?: A sarcoma of the soft tissue that originates in the pericytes in the walls of capillaries.
Where does hemangiopericytoma come from?: From hemangiopericyte + -oma (“neoplastic tumor”), the former from hemangio- + pericyte.

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