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spasmophilia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spas-mophil-ia
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A condition of increased electrical and mechanical excitability in babies.

Uncountable

Etymology

From spasm + -o- + -philia, or from French spasmophilie?

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: spasmophilie

Usage

Inflected Forms

spasmophily (alternative)

Derived Forms

spasmophilic

Questions

What does spasmophilia mean?
A condition of increased electrical and mechanical excitability in babies.
Where does spasmophilia come from?
It is traced to French.

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