Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prostatitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: pro-stati-tis
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inflammation of the prostate.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English prostate Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English prostatitis From prostate + -itis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

prostatitides (plural) prostatites (plural)

Questions

What does prostatitis mean?: Inflammation of the prostate.
Where does prostatitis come from?: Etymology tree English prostate Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English prostatitis From prostate + -itis.

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