Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moyamoya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: moy-amoya
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease in which certain arteries in the brain are constricted.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We previously reported that patients of moyamoya disease showed high CD34 + cell levels (2.28 ± 0.53 cells/μL) compared with control subjects (0.89 ± 0.07 cells/μL) 9 ."

Etymology

From Japanese もやもや (moyamoya).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: もやもや

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does moyamoya mean?: A disease in which certain arteries in the brain are constricted.
Where does moyamoya come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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