nephroangiosclerosis
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
sclerosis of the renal arterioles
Example Sentences
- "The recorded causes of kidney disease were as follows: diabetic nephropathy (in 21% of the patients), nephroangiosclerosis and glomerulonephritis (18%), interstitial nephropathy (7%), hypertensive nephropathy (5%), polykystosis (5%) and other recorded diagnoses (hereditary disease, solitary kidney, dysglobulinemia, and systemic disease) (22%)."
Etymology
From nephro- + angiosclerosis.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: nephro