Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tophus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: to-phus
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.

Etymology

From Latin tophus (“stone”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: tofus

Inflected Forms

tophi (plural)

Synonyms

tartar calculus chalkstone

Questions

What does tophus mean?: A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.
Where does tophus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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