Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perityphlitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-i-ty-phli-tis
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inflammation of the connective tissue around the caecum.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From peri- + typhlitis.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: peri

Usage

Inflected Forms

perityphlitides (plural)

Questions

What does perityphlitis mean?: Inflammation of the connective tissue around the caecum.
Where does perityphlitis come from?: From peri- + typhlitis.

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