Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neuroblastoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: neu-rob-las-toma
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of cancer that affects the ganglia in various parts of the body

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English blastoma English neuroblastoma From neuro- + blastoma.

Inflected Forms

neuroblastomas (plural) neuroblastomata (plural)

Derived Forms

aesthesioneuroblastoma ganglioneuroblastoma

Frequently Paired Words

neuroblastomal

Questions

What does neuroblastoma mean?: A form of cancer that affects the ganglia in various parts of the body
Where does neuroblastoma come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English blastoma English neuroblastoma From neuro- + blastoma.

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