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valvulitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
valvuli-tis
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inflammation of a valve, especially a heart valve.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English valvule Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English valvulitis From valvule + -itis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

valvulitides (plural)

Questions

What does valvulitis mean?
Inflammation of a valve, especially a heart valve.
Where does valvulitis come from?
Etymology tree English valvule Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English valvulitis From valvule + -itis.

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