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magenstrasse

/ˈmɑː.ɡənˌstrɑː.sə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ma-gen-stra-sse
IPA
/ˈmɑː.ɡənˌstrɑː.sə/
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a groove in the stomach along the lesser curvature that is the route food and liquids tend to take in moving toward the pylorus and that is a frequent site of peptic ulcer formation

Etymology

From German Magenstraße, from Magen (“stomach”) + Straße (“road, street”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɑː.ɡənˌstrɑː.sə/

Inflected Forms

magenstrassen (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce magenstrasse?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑː.ɡənˌstrɑː.sə/.
What does magenstrasse mean?
a groove in the stomach along the lesser curvature that is the route food and liquids tend to take in moving toward the pylorus and that is a frequent site of peptic ulcer formation
Where does magenstrasse come from?
It is traced to German.

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