Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aunt minnie

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: aun-t min-nie
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A distinctive radiographic finding that is virtually pathognomonic.

Example Sentences

"The following abdominal radiographic Aunt Minnies (Figs. 3.3 to 3.9) are commonly encountered. File them away in your visual-cerebral computer, and your ability to recognize them will make you a star in the eyes of your colleagues[…]"

Etymology

Said to have been coined in the 1940s by Dr. Ben Felson, a radiologist at the University of Cincinnati, suggesting something as immediately recognisable as one's own relatives.

Inflected Forms

Aunt Minnies (plural)

Questions

What does aunt minnie mean?: A distinctive radiographic finding that is virtually pathognomonic.
Where does aunt minnie come from?: Said to have been coined in the 1940s by Dr. Ben Felson, a radiologist at the University of Cincinnati, suggesting something as immediately recognisable as one's own relatives.

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