glomerulosclerosis
noun
glomerulosclerosis is spelled G-L-O-M-E-R-U-L-O-S-C-L-E-R-O-S-I-S: 18 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glomerulosclerosis means “A hardening of the glomerulus in the kidney” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glomerulosclerosis is glomeruloscleroses.
How many letters and syllables are in glomerulosclerosis?
| Letters | 18: G-L-O-M-E-R-U-L-O-S-C-L-E-R-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is glomerulosclerosis?
Glomerulosclerosis appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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).
Forms of glomerulosclerosis
- glomeruloscleroses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glomerulosclerosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A hardening of the glomerulus in the kidney.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does glomerulosclerosis come from?
From glomerulo- + sclerosis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).