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Definition: SEQUESTRUM |
SEQUESTRUMNoun1. A portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound portion, as in necrosis. |
Etymology: Sequestrum \Se*ques"trum\, noun; plural Sequestra. [New Latin expression. See Sequester.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A piece of dead bone that has become separated during the process of necrosis from the sound bone. (references) |
Medicine | A portion of dead bone which has become detached from the healthy bone tissue, as occurs in necrosis. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SEQUESTRUM |
| English words defined with "SEQUESTRUM": Sequestra, Sequestral. (references) |
| 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 |
sequestrum | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SEQUESTRUM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sekuestër. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sekvester (sequester, sequestra). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sequestrum (sequester), sequester (sequester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | séquestre (seizure, sequester, sequestration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sequester (custodian, sequester, sequestra). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csonttörmelék. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sequestro (abduction, confiscation, deposit, deprivation of personal freedom, kidnapping, seizure, sequester, sequestration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | equestrumsay sequestro (deposit, deprivation of personal freedom, hijacking, sequester, sequestra, sequestration), seqüestro (embargo, sequestration). (various references) секвестр (sequesrum, sequester, sequestra, sequestration). (various references) sekvestar. (various references) secuestro (abduction, deposit, deprivation of personal freedom, distraint, hijack, hijacking, kidnapping, seizure, sequestration). (various references) секвестр (sequester, sequestration), омертвіла частина кістки. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SEQUESTRUM": sequestrums. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "SEQUESTRUM" (pronounced 'Se*ques"trum'): Plectrum, Pleurocentrum, Sistrum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-m-q-r-s-s-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: questers, requests, uteruses. | |
-3 letters: estrums, mustees, musters, quester, queuers, request, resumes, sutures. | |
-4 letters: esters, estrum, estrus, merest, meters, metres, musers, mustee, muster, queers, quests, queuer, queues, reests, resets, resume, retems, retuse, reuses, russet, serest, serums, steers, steres, strums, surest, suture, tmeses, tuques, tusser, tussur, uruses, usques, uterus. | |
-5 letters: emeus, erses, ester, meets, meres, meter. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-m-q-r-s-s-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: sequestrums. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 45 51 55 45 53 54 52 55 4D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... . --.- ..- . ... - .-. ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000101 01010001 01010101 01000101 01010011 01010100 01010010 01010101 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S E Q U E S T R U M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0045 0051 0055 0045 0053 0054 0052 0055 004D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53395155395354525547 |
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