Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhabdoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: rhab-doid
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shaped like a rod.

noun

A spindle-shaped body chemically related to the plastids, found in the cells of certain plants.

Etymology

From rhabdo- + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: rhabdo
Suffix: oid

Inflected Forms

rhabdoids (plural)

Derived Forms

myorhabdoid

Questions

What does rhabdoid mean?: Shaped like a rod.
Where does rhabdoid come from?: From rhabdo- + -oid.

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