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percutaneous

/pɜːkjuːˈteɪnɪəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables
per-cu-ta-neous
IPA
/pɜːkjuːˈteɪnɪəs/
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Taking place through the skin and involving a puncture thereof.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perbor. Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per-bor. English per- English cutaneous English percutaneous From per- + cutaneous.

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /pɜːkjuːˈteɪnɪəs/

Derived Forms

micropercutaneous percutaneously

Phrases

percutaneous coronary intervention percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography

Frequently Paired Words

transcutaneous transdermal

Synonyms

transdermal transdermic transcutaneous

Rhymes With

spontaneous simultaneous miscellaneous contemporaneous subcutaneous extraneous membraneous uranious

Questions

How do you pronounce percutaneous?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɜːkjuːˈteɪnɪəs/.
What does percutaneous mean?
Taking place through the skin and involving a puncture thereof.
Where does percutaneous come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perbor. Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per-bor. English per- English cutaneous English percutaneous From per- + cutaneous.

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