Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

odynophagia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: odynopha-gia
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Severe pain in the mouth or esophagus when attempting to swallow.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain”) + -phagia (“swallowing, ingestion”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ὀδύνη

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

odynophagias (plural)

Derived Forms

odynophagic

Questions

What does odynophagia mean?: Severe pain in the mouth or esophagus when attempting to swallow.
Where does odynophagia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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