Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhinitis medicamentosa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rhini-tis medica-men-tosa
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inflammation of the nasal mucosa caused by the overuse of topical nasal decongestants.

Uncountable

Etymology

From rhinitis + Latin medicamentosa (“medication”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: medicamentosa

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

rebound congestion

Questions

What does rhinitis medicamentosa mean?: Inflammation of the nasal mucosa caused by the overuse of topical nasal decongestants.
Where does rhinitis medicamentosa come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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