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Definition: Psyllium |
PsylliumNoun1. Plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Dried, ripe seeds of Plantago psyllium, P. indica, and P. ovata (Plantaginaceae). Plantain seeds swell in water and are used as demulcents and bulk laxatives. (references) |
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Synonym: PsylliumSynonym: fleawort (n). (additional references) |
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In addition, doctors may suggest a bulk stool softener or a fiber supplement such as psyllium (Metamucil) or methylcellulose (Citrucel). (references) | |
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| "Psyllium" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Psyllium" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "psyllium": plantago Psyllium ♦ spanish psyllium. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
psyllium | 492 |
psyllium husk | 115 |
psyllium seed | 21 |
psyllium seed husk | 15 |
psyllium fiber | 10 |
psyllium hull | 7 |
psyllium husk powder | 7 |
plantago psyllium | 6 |
psyllium husk fiber | 6 |
psyllium benefit | 5 |
free psyllium sample | 4 |
psyllium powder | 4 |
psyllium allergy | 3 |
loss psyllium weight | 3 |
psyllium recipe | 2 |
benefit husk psyllium | 2 |
psyllium for horse | 2 |
pregnancy psyllium | 2 |
free psyllium | 2 |
bentonite psyllium | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "psyllium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | loppeurt (flea seed, plantago psyllium), loppe (flea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | psyllium (flea seed, plantago psyllium), vlozaad (flea seed, plantago psyllium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | psyllium (plantago psyllium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Plantago psyllium (flea seed, plantago psyllium), Flohsamen (flea seed, plantago psyllium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αρνόγλωσσο το ψύλλιο (flea seed, plantago psyllium), ψυλλόχορτο (flea seed, plantago psyllium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | psilio (flea seed, plantago psyllium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ylliumpsay psílio (flea seed, plantago psyllium). (various references) zaragatona (flea seed, plantago psyllium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Plantago psyllium. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "psyllium": psylliums. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "psyllium" (pronounced si"lēum) |
| 5 | -i" l ē u m | beryllium. |
| 4 | -l ē u m | gallium, helium, linoleum, nobelium, petroleum, thallium. |
| 3 | -ē u m | alluvium, ammonium, aquarium, atrium, auditorium, axiom, bacterium, barium, cadmium, calcium, cesium, chromium, colloquium, compendium, condominium, consortium, crematorium, delirium, deuterium, disequilibrium, emporium, equilibrium, europium, fermium, geranium, gonium, gymnasium, hafnium, harmonium, Herbarium, holmium, honorarium, idiom, indium, iridium, lawrencium, lithium, magnesium, medium, millennium, minium, moratorium, myocardium, nephridium, neptunium, niobium, opium, opprobrium, osmium, palladium, pandemonium, paramecium, planetarium, Plasmodium, plutonium, podium, polonium, potassium, premium, presidium, promethium, protium, radium, requiem, rhodium, selenium, sodium, stadium, strontium, superpremium, symposium, tedium, tellurium, thorium, titanium, tritium, uranium, vanadium, yttrium, zirconium. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-l-l-m-p-s-u-y" | |
-1 letter: lumpily. | |
-2 letters: limply, limpsy, simply, slimly. | |
-3 letters: imply, limps, lumps, lumpy, mills, mulls, pills, pilus, plums, plumy, pulis, pulls, silly, slily, slimy, slump, spill, spumy, sully, yills. | |
-4 letters: ills, illy, imps, lily, limp, limy, lips, lisp, lump, lums, mill, mils, mull, pill, pily, plum, plus, puli, pull, puls, sill, simp, slim, slip, slum, sump. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-l-l-m-p-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: lumpishly, psylliums. | |
+3 letters: implausibly, impulsively. | |
+4 letters: compulsively, compulsorily. | |
+5 letters: microphyllous, pusillanimity. | |
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