Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pleuropulmonary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pleu-ropul-monary
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the pleura and the lungs

Example Sentences

"The DICER1 familial tumour susceptibility syndrome confers an increased risk most commonly for pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) but also ovarian sex cord-stromal tumours; Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor [SLCT], juvenile granulosa cell tumour [JGCT] and gynandroblastomas."

Etymology

From pleuro- + pulmonary.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pleuro

Questions

What does pleuropulmonary mean?: Relating to the pleura and the lungs
Where does pleuropulmonary come from?: From pleuro- + pulmonary.

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