Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subcartilaginous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-car-ti-lagi-nous
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Situated under or beneath a cartilage or cartilages.

adj

Partially cartilaginous.

Example Sentences

"subcartilaginous tumour"
"The subcartilaginous layer of bone is a dense plate of epiphysitis it is necessary to form a clear and compact osseous tissue"
"A very pretty species with the frondiform stems quite unaltered in drying, the leaves glossy, rigid, subcartilaginous, pale."

Etymology

From sub- + cartilaginous.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Questions

What does subcartilaginous mean?: Situated under or beneath a cartilage or cartilages.
Where does subcartilaginous come from?: From sub- + cartilaginous.

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