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psilosis

US/saɪˈloʊ.sɪs/

psilosis noun: the sound change by which Greek lost the consonant sound /h/ during antiquity, h-dropping.

Noun

psilosis (uncountable)

  1. The sound change by which Greek lost the consonant sound /h/ during antiquity, h-dropping.
  2. Sprue, a disease of the small intestine.

psilosis meaning in Urdu

psilosis in Urdu

گنجا پن

Origin of psilosis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψίλωσις (psílōsis).

Questions about psilosis

What does psilosis mean?
Psilosis means the sound change by which Greek lost the consonant sound /h/ during antiquity, h-dropping.
What is psilosis in Urdu?
Psilosis in Urdu is گنجا پن. See Psilosis meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is psilosis?
Psilosis is a noun.
How do you pronounce psilosis?
Psilosis is pronounced /saɪˈloʊ.sɪs/ (US).

Words near psilosis in the dictionary

  1. psilopterines
  2. psilorhynchid
  3. psilorhynchids
  4. Psiloritis
  5. psilos
  6. psilosis
  7. psilosopher
  8. psilosophers
  9. psilostachyin
  10. psilostachyins
  11. psilostomatid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: psilosis (page history and authors); psilosis (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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