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xerochilia

xerochilia noun: dryness of the lips.

Noun

xerochilia (uncountable)

  1. Dryness of the lips.

xerochilia meaning in Tamil

xerochilia in Tamil

உதட்டு வறட்சி, உலர் உதடு

Origin of xerochilia

From xero- + chil- (“lip”), from Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”), + -ia.

Questions about xerochilia

What does xerochilia mean?
Xerochilia means dryness of the lips.
What is xerochilia in Tamil?
Xerochilia in Tamil is உதட்டு வறட்சி, உலர் உதடு. See Xerochilia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is xerochilia?
Xerochilia is a noun.

Words near xerochilia in the dictionary

  1. xero-
  2. xerobranching
  3. xerochasic
  4. xerochastic
  5. xerochasy
  6. xerochilia
  7. xerochrept
  8. xerochrepts
  9. xerocline
  10. xeroclines
  11. xerocole

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Adapted from Wiktionary: xerochilia (page history and authors); xerochilia (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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