Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sialidosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: siali-do-sis
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare form of mucolipidosis caused by a deficiency of the enzyme sialidase.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From sialidase + -osis.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sialidase

Usage

Inflected Forms

sialidoses (plural)

Derived Forms

galactosialidosis

Questions

What does sialidosis mean?: A rare form of mucolipidosis caused by a deficiency of the enzyme sialidase.
Where does sialidosis come from?: From sialidase + -osis.

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