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koilocyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
koilo-cyte
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A squamous epithelial cell that has undergone a number of structural changes as a result of infection of the cell by human papillomavirus.

Etymology

From koilo- + -cyte.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

koilocytes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

koilocytic koilocytosis koilocytotic

Questions

What does koilocyte mean?
A squamous epithelial cell that has undergone a number of structural changes as a result of infection of the cell by human papillomavirus.
Where does koilocyte come from?
From koilo- + -cyte.

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