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thesaurosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
the-sauro-sis
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lung storage disease thought to be caused by inhalation of hair spray.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse”) + -osis.

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Frequently Paired Words

thesaurismosis

Questions

What does thesaurosis mean?
A lung storage disease thought to be caused by inhalation of hair spray.
Where does thesaurosis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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