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merisis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
meri-sis
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any form of growth; specifically, growth by increase in number of cells.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μερίς (merís, “part”) + -sis (forming nouns of action or progress)

Usage

Inflected Forms

merises (plural)

Derived Forms

meristic

Questions

What does merisis mean?
Any form of growth; specifically, growth by increase in number of cells.
Where does merisis come from?
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μερίς (merís, “part”) + -sis (forming nouns of action or progress)

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