athrepsy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "High levels of infant deaths due to diarrhoeal-related diseases were found during the first semester of life, accounting for 52% of all infant diarrhoeal deaths, whereas 29% were between the sixth and the eighth month. The vast majority of infant deaths due to atrophy and athrepsy also occurred in the first semester (72% and 83%, respectively), though a quarter of them were of neonates."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek a- + Ancient Greek θρέψις (thrépsis, from τρέφω (tréphō), literally “nourishing”) + -y.