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promession

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
promes-sion
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The disposal of human remains by freeze-drying.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined by Swedish biologist Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak, developer of the process, who derived it from Italian promessa (“promise”).

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Inflected Forms

promessions (plural)

Questions

What does promession mean?
The disposal of human remains by freeze-drying.
Where does promession come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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