Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sphingolipidosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sph-in-golipi-do-sis
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of disorders relating to sphingolipid metabolism.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From sphingolipid + -osis.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sphingolipid

Usage

Inflected Forms

sphingolipidoses (plural)

Questions

What does sphingolipidosis mean?: Any of a class of disorders relating to sphingolipid metabolism.
Where does sphingolipidosis come from?: From sphingolipid + -osis.

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