Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sarcosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sar-co-sis
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

sarcoma, or the abnormal formation of flesh.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

By surface analysis, sarc- + -osis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sarcoses (plural)

Derived Forms

hypersarcosis

Frequently Paired Words

sarcitis sarcoid sarcotic

Questions

What does sarcosis mean?: sarcoma, or the abnormal formation of flesh.
Where does sarcosis come from?: By surface analysis, sarc- + -osis.

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