Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heliosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: he-lio-sis
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

noun

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noun

Exposure to the sun.

Uncountable

noun

Scorching of plants by the sun.

Uncountable

noun

A sunroom or solarium of the Ancient Greeks.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The Greeks had their helioses and the Romans their solaria; yet heliotherapy has as yet scarcely emerged from the most empiric of performances into the dignity of a scientifically justified or rationalized procedure."
"The Greeks and Romans constructed in their homes special sun parlors (called helioses or thermae)."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡλίωσις (hēlíōsis, “exposure to the sun”). By surface analysis, helio- + -osis.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἡλίωσις

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

helioses (plural)

Derived Forms

dermatoheliosis

Questions

What does heliosis mean?: Sunstroke.
Where does heliosis come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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