Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monocytopenia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mono-cy-tope-nia
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The presence of too few monocytes in the blood.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree German Monozytbor. English monocyte Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-der. Ancient Greek πένομαι (pénomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek πένης (pénēs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Ancient Greek πενῐ́ᾱ (penĭ́ā)bor. English -penia English monocytopenia From monocyte + -o- + -penia.

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Questions

What does monocytopenia mean?
The presence of too few monocytes in the blood.
Where does monocytopenia come from?
Etymology tree German Monozytbor. English monocyte Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-der. Ancient Greek πένομαι (pénomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek πένης (pénēs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Ancient Greek πενῐ́ᾱ (penĭ́ā)bor. English -penia English monocytopenia From monocyte + -o- + -penia.

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