Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photocoagulation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: pho-to-co-ag-u-la-tion
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A surgical procedure in which a tumour, or diseased retinal tissue, is destroyed by using a laser.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English coagulation English photocoagulation From photo- + coagulation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

photocoagulations (plural)

Derived Forms

endophotocoagulation panretinophotocoagulation

Frequently Paired Words

cyclophotocoagulation endocyclophotocoagulation photocoagulated photocoagulator

Questions

What does photocoagulation mean?: A surgical procedure in which a tumour, or diseased retinal tissue, is destroyed by using a laser.
Where does photocoagulation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English coagulation English photocoagulation From photo- + coagulation.

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