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stomodeum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sto-modeum
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A depression on the ectoderm of a developing embryo that becomes the mouth.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + a latinized and nominalized form of Ancient Greek ὁδαῖος (hodaîos, “on the way”). Compare proctodeum, urodeum, coprodeum, and phallodeum.

Inflected Forms

stomodea (plural) stomodeums (plural, uncommon) stomatodaeum (alternative) stomatodeum (alternative) stomodaeum (alternative) stomodæum (alternative)

Derived Forms

stomodeal

Questions

What does stomodeum mean?
A depression on the ectoderm of a developing embryo that becomes the mouth.
Where does stomodeum come from?
From Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + a latinized and nominalized form of Ancient Greek ὁδαῖος (hodaîos, “on the way”). Compare proctodeum, urodeum, coprodeum, and phallodeum.

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