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steatitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
steati-tis
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inflammation of a fatty tissue.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar) Ancient Greek στέατος (stéatos) English steato- Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English steatitis From steato- + -itis.

Usage

Derived Forms

pansteatitis

Questions

What does steatitis mean?
Inflammation of a fatty tissue.
Where does steatitis come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar) Ancient Greek στέατος (stéatos) English steato- Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English steatitis From steato- + -itis.

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