Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epiploic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epi-ploic
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the omentum.

Etymology

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

Derived Forms

gastroepiploic

Phrases

epiploic appendix

Questions

What does epiploic mean?: Pertaining to the omentum.
Where does epiploic come from?: Etymology tree English epiploon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English epiploic From epiploon + -ic.

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