Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extracorporeal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tra-cor-po-re-al
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Outside the body.

Example Sentences

""However, I have received two messages to-night, and I can only ascribe to them an extra-corporeal origin.""

Etymology

From extra- + corporeal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: extra

Derived Forms

extracorporeally

Phrases

extracorporeal shockwave therapy

Questions

What does extracorporeal mean?: Outside the body.
Where does extracorporeal come from?: From extra- + corporeal.

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