heterochylia
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The irregular production (both overproduction and underproduction) of gastric juices in any part of the digestive tract.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Cases in which there was a decided nervous element, especially instances of the so-called heterochylia, were rejected, since one can never be sure that the achylia in such cases is constant and does not alternate with a gastric secretion that approaches normal."
- "Hyperacidity was noted in all, except for one case of hypoacidity and for another of heterochylia."