Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pachyostosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pachyos-to-sis
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thickening of the bones of the ribs and vertebrae.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From pachy- + ostosis.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pachy

Usage

Inflected Forms

pachyostoses (plural)

Derived Forms

pachyosteosclerosis pachyostotic

Questions

What does pachyostosis mean?: A thickening of the bones of the ribs and vertebrae.
Where does pachyostosis come from?: From pachy- + ostosis.

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