Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wilms tumor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: wilm-s -tu-mor
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Etymology

Named after Dr. Max Wilms (1867–1918), the German surgeon who first described it.

Inflected Forms

Wilms tumors (plural) Wilms' tumor (alternative) Wilms' tumour (alternative) Wilms tumour (alternative)

Questions

What does wilms tumor mean?: nephroblastoma
Where does wilms tumor come from?: Named after Dr. Max Wilms (1867–1918), the German surgeon who first described it.

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