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chorionic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
chori-on-ic
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the chorion.

Etymology

Etymology tree English chorion Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English chorionic From chorion + -ic.

Derived Forms

allantochorionic amniochorionic chorionicity dichorionic exochorionic monochorionic multichorionic nonchorionic subchorionic trichorionic

Phrases

chorionic gonadotropin chorionic villus sampling human chorionic gonadotropin human chorionic somatomammotrophin human chorionic somatomammotropin

Questions

What does chorionic mean?
Of or pertaining to the chorion.
Where does chorionic come from?
Etymology tree English chorion Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English chorionic From chorion + -ic.

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