Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subdermal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: sub-der-mal
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

just below the skin

noun

an object implanted just below the skin

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English derm English -al English dermal English subdermal From sub- + dermal.

Inflected Forms

sub-dermal (alternative) subdermals (plural)

Derived Forms

subdermally

Questions

What does subdermal mean?: just below the skin
Where does subdermal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English derm English -al English dermal English subdermal From sub- + dermal.

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