cyclopia
noun
cyclopia is a noun meaning “A congenital abnormality in which the orbits of the eye do not divide to form separate sockets” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-Y-C-L-O-P-I-A, and it appears about once in every 71 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cyclopia is cyclopias.
What does cyclopia mean?
noun
- 1
A congenital abnormality in which the orbits of the eye do not divide to form separate sockets
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cyclopia
- cyclopias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cyclopia?
Cyclopia appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does cyclopia come from?
From cyclops + -ia; From Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).