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urosteon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
urosteon
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A median ossification at the back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.

Archaic

Etymology

From New Latin ūrosteon, from Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ūrosteon, οὐρᾱ́

Usage

Inflected Forms

urostea (plural)

Questions

What does urosteon mean?
A median ossification at the back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.
Where does urosteon come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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