Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhinoscleroma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rhinoscle-ro-ma
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare skin disease with very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, especially the lips, palate, and throat.

Example Sentences

"The diagnosis of rhinoscleroma is often rendered very difficult, owing to the great resemblance between it and lupus […]"

Etymology

From rhino- + scleroma.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: rhino

Inflected Forms

rhinoscleromas (plural) rhinoscleromata (plural)

Questions

What does rhinoscleroma mean?: A rare skin disease with very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, especially the lips, palate, and throat.
Where does rhinoscleroma come from?: From rhino- + scleroma.

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