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pneumatosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pneu-mato-sis
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in the body.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From pneumat- + -osis.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pneumatoses (plural)

Synonyms

emphysema

Questions

What does pneumatosis mean?
The abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in the body.
Where does pneumatosis come from?
From pneumat- + -osis.

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