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pompholyx

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pom-pholyx
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

dyshidrosis eczema

Uncountable

noun

impure zinc oxide

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin pompholyx, from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “a bubble; the slag on the surface of smelted ore”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: pompholyx, πομφόλυξ

Usage

Inflected Forms

pompholix (alternative)

Derived Forms

cheiropompholyx podopompholyx

Questions

What does pompholyx mean?
dyshidrosis eczema
Where does pompholyx come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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