Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ambispective

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: am-bis-pec-tive
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having both retrospective and prospective components

Example Sentences

"An ambispective cohort study of 129 patients with osteomyelitis was conducted and the proportions for qualitative variables and central tendency and dispersion measures for quantitative variables were calculated; the latter were tested for normality using the Shapiro-Wilk test."

Etymology

From ambi- + Latin spectum + -ive, on the pattern of retrospective and prospective.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ambi-
Suffix: la:spectum

Questions

What does ambispective mean?: Having both retrospective and prospective components
Where does ambispective come from?: From ambi- + Latin spectum + -ive, on the pattern of retrospective and prospective.

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