Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microspherocyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-sphe-ro-cyte
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An abnormally small spherocyte.

Etymology

From micro- + spherocyte, ultimately micro- (“small”) + sphere (“object that is round on most axes”) + -cyte (“cell”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: micro

Inflected Forms

microspherocytes (plural)

Derived Forms

microspherocytic microspherocytosis

Phrases

-cyte micro-

Frequently Paired Words

-cyte micro- microspherocytosis sphere spherocyte

Questions

What does microspherocyte mean?: An abnormally small spherocyte.
Where does microspherocyte come from?: From micro- + spherocyte, ultimately micro- (“small”) + sphere (“object that is round on most axes”) + -cyte (“cell”).

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