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meniscal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
menis-cal
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Hellenic *méns Ancient Greek μείς (meís) Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Ancient Greek -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos) Ancient Greek μηνῐ́σκος (mēnĭ́skos) English meniscus English -al English meniscal From meniscus + -al.

Derived Forms

intrameniscal parameniscal

Rhymes With

fiscal discal intradiscal

Questions

What does meniscal mean?
Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus
Where does meniscal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Hellenic *méns Ancient Greek μείς (meís) Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Ancient Greek -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos) Ancient Greek μηνῐ́σκος (mēnĭ́skos) English meniscus English -al English meniscal From meniscus + -al.

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