Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-oma
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small form of the papovavirus that causes tumors in rodents.

Etymology

From poly- (“many”) + -oma (“tumor”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: poly
Suffix: oma

Inflected Forms

polyomas (plural)

Derived Forms

polyomavirus

Synonyms

polyoma virus

Questions

What does polyoma mean?: A small form of the papovavirus that causes tumors in rodents.
Where does polyoma come from?: From poly- (“many”) + -oma (“tumor”).

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