Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peyer's patch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: pey-er's -patch
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A patch of lymphoid tissue or lymphoid nodules on the walls of the ileal-small intestine.

Etymology

Named after Johann Conrad Peyer, who described them in 1677.

Inflected Forms

Peyer's patches (plural)

Synonyms

Peyerian gland Peyer's gland peter's gland

Questions

What does peyer's patch mean?: A patch of lymphoid tissue or lymphoid nodules on the walls of the ileal-small intestine.
Where does peyer's patch come from?: Named after Johann Conrad Peyer, who described them in 1677.

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