Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonhealing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-heal-ing
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That does not heal.

Example Sentences

"The list includes decompression sickness (“the bends”), necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease), carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene, the bone infection osteomyelitis, nonhealing wounds and delayed radiation injury to bone and soft tissue."

Etymology

From non- + healing.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Questions

What does nonhealing mean?: That does not heal.
Where does nonhealing come from?: From non- + healing.

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