Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

melanocytosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: melanocy-to-sis
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The presence of an excessive number of melanocytes.

Etymology

Etymology tree English melanocyte Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English melanocytosis From melanocyte + -osis.

Inflected Forms

melanocytoses (plural)

Questions

What does melanocytosis mean?: The presence of an excessive number of melanocytes.
Where does melanocytosis come from?: Etymology tree English melanocyte Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English melanocytosis From melanocyte + -osis.

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