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xerophthalmic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
xe-roph-thalmic
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English xero- English ophthalmia English xerophthalmia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English xerophthalmic From xerophthalmia + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more xerophthalmic (comparative) most xerophthalmic (superlative)

Derived Forms

antixerophthalmic

Rhymes With

ophthalmic exophthalmic psorophthalmic hygrophthalmic monothalmic buphthalmic synophthalmic anophthalmic microphthalmic monophthalmic paraophthalmic

Questions

What does xerophthalmic mean?
Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
Where does xerophthalmic come from?
Etymology tree English xero- English ophthalmia English xerophthalmia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English xerophthalmic From xerophthalmia + -ic.

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