Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ventriculitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ven-tri-culi-tis
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inflammation of the ventricles in the brain.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Ventriculitis in the newborn may be associated with a depressed anterior fontanelle if the infant is dehydrated and it may be full and/or boggy rather than tense and may not become bulging until the very late stages of the disease."
"Complications of intraventricular administration include shunt infections with S. epidermidis, shunt occlusions, ventriculitides, encephalopathies, and seizures."

Etymology

From ventriculo- + -itis.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ventriculo
Suffix: itis

Usage

Inflected Forms

ventriculitides (plural)

Derived Forms

meningoventriculitis

Questions

What does ventriculitis mean?: Inflammation of the ventricles in the brain.
Where does ventriculitis come from?: From ventriculo- + -itis.

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