Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

apostematous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: apos-tem-atous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to an aposteme; having the nature of an aposteme; characterised by apostemes.

Example Sentences

"1827, Thomas John Graham, Of Pulmonary Consumption: Of the Apostematous Consumption, chapter section in Modern Domestic Medicine, page 275-276, But I suspect they are rarely applicable to any other than the apostematous phthisis. […] Patients labouring under severe apostematous consumption, have often derived signal advantage from living solely on milk."

Etymology

From apostemate + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: apostemate

Inflected Forms

more apostematous (comparative) most apostematous (superlative)

Questions

What does apostematous mean?: Of or pertaining to an aposteme; having the nature of an aposteme; characterised by apostemes.
Where does apostematous come from?: From apostemate + -ous.

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