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pyelitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pyeli-tis
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

pyelonephritis

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυέλος (puélos, “oblong trough”) + -itis, from Proto-Indo-European *plu- (zero-grade form of *plew-) + *-elos. By surface analysis, pyel- + -itis.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pyelitides (plural)

Derived Forms

cystopyelitis nephropyelitis

Questions

What does pyelitis mean?
pyelonephritis
Where does pyelitis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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