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portosystemic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
por-tosys-temic
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, or connecting the portal and systemic venous circulation systems.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From porto- + systemic or porto- + system + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

portasystemic (alternative)

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

portocaval

Rhymes With

academic non-academic epidemic systemic pandemic endemic near-endemic polemic epistemic anthemic totemic racemic

Questions

What does portosystemic mean?
Relating to, or connecting the portal and systemic venous circulation systems.
Where does portosystemic come from?
From porto- + systemic or porto- + system + -ic.

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