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osteomyelitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables
os-teomyeli-tis
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An infection of the bone

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English myelitis English osteomyelitis From osteo- + myelitis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

osteomyelitides (plural) osteomyelites (plural) osteomyelitises (plural)

Derived Forms

osteomyelitic

Questions

What does osteomyelitis mean?
An infection of the bone
Where does osteomyelitis come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English myelitis English osteomyelitis From osteo- + myelitis.

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