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hygrophthalmic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-groph-thalmic
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to moisten the eye.

Archaic

Etymology

From hygro- + ophthalmic.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Rhymes With

ophthalmic xerophthalmic exophthalmic psorophthalmic monothalmic buphthalmic synophthalmic anophthalmic microphthalmic monophthalmic paraophthalmic

Questions

What does hygrophthalmic mean?
Serving to moisten the eye.
Where does hygrophthalmic come from?
From hygro- + ophthalmic.

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