Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photoscanner

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-to-scan-ner
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device which photographically records the gamma rays passing through tissue that has been injected with a radioactive material.

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 scanner English photoscanner From photo- + scanner.

Inflected Forms

photoscanners (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

photoscan photoscanning

Questions

What does photoscanner mean?: A device which photographically records the gamma rays passing through tissue that has been injected with a radioactive material.
Where does photoscanner 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 scanner English photoscanner From photo- + scanner.

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