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apocarteresis

apocarteresis noun: suicide by starvation.

Noun

apocarteresis (plural apocartereses)

  1. suicide by starvation

Forms of apocarteresis

pluralapocartereses

Origin of apocarteresis

From Ancient Greek ἀποκαρτέρησις (apokartérēsis, “suicide by starvation”), from καρτερέω (karteréō, “bear patiently”), ultimately from καρτερός (karterós, “steadfast”).

Questions about apocarteresis

What does apocarteresis mean?
Apocarteresis means suicide by starvation.
What part of speech is apocarteresis?
Apocarteresis is a noun.
What is the plural of apocarteresis?
The plural of apocarteresis is apocartereses.

Words near apocarteresis in the dictionary

  1. apocarp
  2. apocarpium
  3. apocarpous
  4. apocarps
  5. apocarpy
  6. apocarteresis
  7. apocatastases
  8. apocatastasis
  9. apocatastatic
  10. apocenter
  11. apocenters

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