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thanatophoric

thanatophoric adjective: leading to death, especially in reference to a severe form of congenital dwarfism (thanatophoric dysplasia) which results in early death.

Adjective

thanatophoric (not comparable)

  1. Leading to death, especially in reference to a severe form of congenital dwarfism (thanatophoric dysplasia) which results in early death.

thanatophoric meaning in Tamil

thanatophoric in Tamil

உயிர்ப்போக்கும், கொல்லும்

Origin of thanatophoric

From thanato- + -phore + -ic.

Questions about thanatophoric

What does thanatophoric mean?
Thanatophoric means leading to death, especially in reference to a severe form of congenital dwarfism (thanatophoric dysplasia) which results in early death.
What is thanatophoric in Tamil?
Thanatophoric in Tamil is உயிர்ப்போக்கும், கொல்லும். See Thanatophoric meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thanatophoric?
Thanatophoric is an adjective.

Words near thanatophoric in the dictionary

  1. thanatophobes
  2. thanatophobia
  3. thanatophobiac
  4. thanatophobiacs
  5. thanatophobic
  6. thanatophoric
  7. thanatopic
  8. thanatopolitical
  9. thanatopolitics
  10. thanatopraxis
  11. thanatopraxy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thanatophoric (page history and authors); thanatophoric (Tamil 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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