Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postfetal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: post-fe-tal
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

After the fetal stage; after birth.

Example Sentences

"The numbers of Meissner corpuscles drop rapidly with postfetal growth and then slowly decline with age."

Etymology

From post- + fetal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post

Derived Forms

postfetally

Questions

What does postfetal mean?: After the fetal stage; after birth.
Where does postfetal come from?: From post- + fetal.

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