Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prephase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prephase
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A prior phase; the condition before a particular phase

Example Sentences

"Eleven of 50 patients (22%) treated with CHOP began treatment with either prephase prednisone or dose-reduced mini-CHOP, including 6/31 (19%) HIV-positive and 5/19 (26%) HIV-negative patients."

Etymology

From pre- + phase.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Inflected Forms

prephases (plural)

Questions

What does prephase mean?: A prior phase; the condition before a particular phase
Where does prephase come from?: From pre- + phase.

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