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bdellometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bdel-lome-ter
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cupping glass to which a scarificator and an exhausting syringe are attached.

Etymology

From the French bdellomètre, from the Ancient Greek βδέλλα (bdélla, “leech”) + the French -mètre (“-meter”), itself from the Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “(something used to) measure”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: bdellomètre, βδέλλα, -mètre, μέτρον

Inflected Forms

bdellometers (plural)

Questions

What does bdellometer mean?
A cupping glass to which a scarificator and an exhausting syringe are attached.
Where does bdellometer come from?
It is traced to French.

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