Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

immunodeficient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: im-mun-od-e-fi-cient
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

exhibiting immunodeficiency

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English deficient English immunodeficient From immuno- + deficient.

Antonyms

immunocompetent

Rhymes With

efficient cost-efficient sufficient self-sufficient insufficient inefficient coefficient deficient proficient omniscient haploinsufficient superefficient

Questions

What does immunodeficient mean?: exhibiting immunodeficiency
Where does immunodeficient come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English deficient English immunodeficient From immuno- + deficient.

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