carney
/kˈɑɹni/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative spelling of carny.
name
A unisex given name.
name
A unisex given name.
name
A number of places in the United States.
name
A number of places in Ireland.
Example Sentences
- "White House spokesman Jay Carney said the U.S. administration was making clear in conversations with American firms that it would be inappropriate for senior executives to make the trip to St. Petersburg."
- "In male patients at risk for Carney complex testicular ultrasonography for the early detection of LCCSCT and associated testicular pathology is recommended."
- "The patient's mother has Carney syndrome, with lentigines, cardiac myxoma, fibroadenoma of the breast, and a fibroepithelial polyp of the external auditory canal."
- "Other diagnoses associated with catecholamine-secreting tumors that do not appear to be inherited are the Carney triad (gastric leiomyosarcoma, pulmonary chondroma, and extraadrenal catecholamine-secreting tumors), cholelithiasis, and renal artery stenosis."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: -ey
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Carney triad