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engraftment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
en-graft-ment
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of engrafting, or something engrafted.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English engraft Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English engraftment From engraft + -ment.

Usage

Inflected Forms

engraftments (plural)

Derived Forms

nonengraftment postengraftment reengraftment reengraftmentxenoengraftment xenoengraftment

Synonyms

transplant transplantation

Questions

What does engraftment mean?
The act of engrafting, or something engrafted.
Where does engraftment come from?
Etymology tree English engraft Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English engraftment From engraft + -ment.

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