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ecthyma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ec-thy-ma
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A contagious ulcerative pyoderma of the skin, caused by bacteria.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

ecthymas (plural) ecthymata (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ecthymatous

Questions

What does ecthyma mean?
A contagious ulcerative pyoderma of the skin, caused by bacteria.

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