Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

osteolytic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: os-te-olyt-ic
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or causing osteolysis.

Example Sentences

"It is usually rapidly progressing osteolytic lesions that initiated just prior to death, such as those that occur in malignant cancers that tend to present the most problems in recognition."

Etymology

From osteolysis + -tic or osteo- + -lytic.

Inflected Forms

more osteolytic (comparative) most osteolytic (superlative)

Questions

What does osteolytic mean?: Of, pertaining to, or causing osteolysis.
Where does osteolytic come from?: From osteolysis + -tic or osteo- + -lytic.

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