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xerostomia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables
xe-ros-to-mia
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abnormal dryness of the mouth.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English xero- Proto-Indo-European *steh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *stéh₃mn̥ Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma)der. New Latin stomabor. English stoma Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English xerostomia From xero- + stoma + -ia.

Usage

Inflected Forms

xerostomias (plural)

Derived Forms

xerostomic

Synonyms

asialism cottonmouth dry mouth

Questions

What does xerostomia mean?
Abnormal dryness of the mouth.
Where does xerostomia come from?
Etymology tree English xero- Proto-Indo-European *steh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *stéh₃mn̥ Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma)der. New Latin stomabor. English stoma Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English xerostomia From xero- + stoma + -ia.

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