Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

silicotuberculosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sil-i-co-tu-ber-cu-lo-sis
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
8
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

silicosis-related tuberculosis.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin silex Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium New Latin siliciumlbor. English silicium English -on English silicon Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English silico- English tuberculosis English silicotuberculosis From silico- + tuberculosis.

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Questions

What does silicotuberculosis mean?
silicosis-related tuberculosis.
Where does silicotuberculosis come from?
Etymology tree Latin silex Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium New Latin siliciumlbor. English silicium English -on English silicon Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English silico- English tuberculosis English silicotuberculosis From silico- + tuberculosis.

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