Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monocytosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mono-cy-to-sis
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An increase in the number of circulating monocytes.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree German Monozytbor. English monocyte Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English monocytosis From monocyte + -osis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

monocytoses (plural)

Derived Forms

lymphomonocytosis

Questions

What does monocytosis mean?: An increase in the number of circulating monocytes.
Where does monocytosis come from?: Etymology tree German Monozytbor. English monocyte Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English monocytosis From monocyte + -osis.

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