Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microsection

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-sec-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very small section

verb

To divide into small sections

Example Sentences

"Representative images show a the fetal face of a placenta from which an umbilical cord grows as a flexible, spongy-looking, tube-like structure usually around 55 cm or 2 feet, b a transversal section of umbilical cord showing two arteries (A) and one vein (V), and c a Masson’s trichrome staining of a complete umbilical cord microsection."

Etymology

From micro- + section.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: micro

Inflected Forms

microsections (plural) microsections (present, singular) microsectioning (participle, present) microsectioned (participle, past) microsectioned (past)

Questions

What does microsection mean?: A very small section
Where does microsection come from?: From micro- + section.

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