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thrombophlebitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables
throm-bophlebitis
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Phlebitis related to a blood clot or thrombus.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From thrombo- + phlebitis.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

thrombophlebitides (plural)

Derived Forms

pseudothrombophlebitis thrombophlebitic

Questions

What does thrombophlebitis mean?
Phlebitis related to a blood clot or thrombus.
Where does thrombophlebitis come from?
From thrombo- + phlebitis.

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