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gossypiboma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gossyp-i-bo-ma
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin gossypium (“cotton”) and -oma (“mass”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

gossypibomas (plural)

Synonyms

textiloma

Questions

What does gossypiboma mean?
A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery.
Where does gossypiboma come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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