Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypomyelination

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-pomyeli-na-tion
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An abnormally small amount of myelin in the brain and spinal cord.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English myelination English hypomyelination From hypo- + myelination.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

hypomyelinations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

demyelination

Antonyms

hypermyelination

Questions

What does hypomyelination mean?: An abnormally small amount of myelin in the brain and spinal cord.
Where does hypomyelination come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English myelination English hypomyelination From hypo- + myelination.

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