Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lympho-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lym-pho-
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Pertaining to lymph, lymphoid or lymphatic tissues or vessels, or lymphocytes.

Etymology

From lymph, Latin lympha (“water, water nymph”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: lympha

Inflected Forms

lymph- (alternative)

Questions

What does lympho- mean?: Pertaining to lymph, lymphoid or lymphatic tissues or vessels, or lymphocytes.
Where does lympho- come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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