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sclerotherapy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
scle-rother-a-py
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A treatment for varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and ulcers involving an injection of material into a blood vessel to make it harden and shrink.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From sclero- + therapy.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sclerotherapies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

sclerosant sclerosis ablation obliteration

Questions

What does sclerotherapy mean?
A treatment for varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and ulcers involving an injection of material into a blood vessel to make it harden and shrink.
Where does sclerotherapy come from?
From sclero- + therapy.

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