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otoconium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oto-co-ni-um
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of otolith.

Etymology

A Latinised adaptation (taking the form of a Latin second-declension neuter noun in the nominative case, as if from a Latin *ōtoconium) of the French otoconie (whence otocony, otokony), itself formed from the Ancient Greek οὖς, ὠτ- (oûs, ōt-, “ot-; ear”) + κονία (konía, “dust”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: otoconie, οὖς

Inflected Forms

otoconia (plural)

Derived Forms

otoconial otoconite

Synonyms

otolith

Questions

What does otoconium mean?
Synonym of otolith.
Where does otoconium come from?
It is traced to French.

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